Platform Guidelines

Terms of Service

Last updated: October 2026 • Governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the CiteRight platform (located at https://citeright.com.ng), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all terms, please refrain from using our services.

2. Nature of Service & Academic Disclaimer

Important Notice: CiteRight generates similarity reports and AI writing evaluations through computational text analysis. These reports are informational advisory aids designed to help students, lecturers, and researchers verify source attribution. They do not constitute conclusive forensic determinations of plagiarism or academic misconduct.

Tertiary institutions, departmental disciplinary panels, and academic supervisors retain ultimate authority over the evaluation of academic work, context, and intent.

3. Intellectual Property Rights & Ownership

You retain 100% intellectual property ownership over any manuscripts, theses, research documents, or articles you submit to CiteRight. We do not claim any copyright, publication rights, or commercial licensing over your uploaded work.

4. Credits & Payments

Credits are purchased on a pay-as-you-go basis in Nigerian Naira (₦) through Paystack.
Purchased credits do not expire and remain active in your wallet indefinitely.
In the event of a system or parsing failure during a scan, the deducted credit is automatically refunded to your balance.
Completed scans that produce a valid originality report are non-refundable.

5. Acceptable Use Policy

You agree not to use CiteRight for unlawful purposes, including but not limited to:

Attempting to reverse engineer, decompile, or exploit our detection algorithms.
Uploading malicious payloads, virus-infected documents, or content violating copyright law.
Using automated bots or scrapers to overwhelm system infrastructure.

6. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Any disputes arising under these terms shall be settled through mutual amicable consultation or the courts of Ogun State / Lagos State, Nigeria.

7. Contact

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