// Trust & Security Report
Cambia (The Lens)
Patent and scholarly research search, analysis, and discovery platform. Integrates 171.8M patents, 315M+ scholarly works, and 560.9M biological sequences with advanced search, visualization, portfolio management, and institutional toolkits for research institutions, academics, and patent professionals.
Certifications held
1
Maturity
Enterprise
Trains on your data
No
Trust center
No
// Certification ledger
Each held certification is backed by a verbatim quote from the vendor's own trust or security page. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it publicly, not that the vendor lacks it.
Verify on about.lens.org“Users can 'request access to and rectification or erasure of your Personal Data' under European regulations. Data Protection Officer: dpo@lens.org. Third-party security provider is GDPR compliant.”
> Show 10 unconfirmed / not-held certifications
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. Site-wide search of lens.org and privacy policy yields no mention of SOC 2 certification.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. Platform uses AWS but does not claim ISO 27017 certification.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence on lens.org domains.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. GDPR rights are documented but ISO 27701 certification is not claimed.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. Product uses ML with Microsoft Academic for search improvement but does not claim AI governance certification.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. Product is designed for patent/scholarly research, not healthcare data.
source: about.lens.orgNo public evidence. Payment processing through Paddle (third-party, which is GDPR Ready), but PCI DSS not mentioned.
// Privacy & AI training
Trains on customer data
No
Data processing agreement
Offered
Data region
AWS global infrastructure (unspecified region, GDPR compliant)
Platform uses machine learning in collaboration with Microsoft Academic to improve search algorithms and metadata quality. Weekly web scans with algorithm improvements informed by community feedback. Training is NOT on customer data or user queries; it operates on open patent and scholarly data sources.
// Security controls
Encryption in Transit
HTTPS enabled. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) implemented to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
about.lens.orgEncryption at Rest
No explicit mention. Third-party hosting on AWS (which provides encryption as a service).
about.lens.orgBot Protection
Cloudflare Turnstile for bot and DDoS protection on scholarly search endpoints. Cloudflare service is GDPR compliant.
about.lens.orgData Retention (Web Logs)
Web server logs deleted every 4 weeks. IP addresses not stored in application databases or analytics servers.
about.lens.orgData Retention (Guest Accounts)
Anonymous/guest user accounts deleted within 48 hours.
about.lens.orgAuthentication
Standard account-based authentication. Employees use Google Account + YubiKey hardware security keys for 2FA.
about.lens.orgBrowser Storage
Local and Session Storage restricted to user's browser. No server-side exchange of stored data.
about.lens.orgAdvertising & Tracking
No ads. No third-party surveillance software. No tracking of user search queries or activity.
about.lens.org// Products & data scope
data: 171.8M patents from 95+ jurisdictions, 96.5M patent families, 2.6B citations
Advanced boolean search, structured search, biological sequence search, classification search, filtering, sorting, visualization
data: 315M+ scholarly works, 91.7M open access, 47.7M authors, 510.2M citations
Full-text and metadata search, citation mapping, author discovery, influence measurement
data: User-created collections of patents and scholarly works
Create, annotate, share, export collections; portfolio management
data: 560.9M sequences disclosed in patents
Search, analyze, share biological sequences; unique capability
data: Researcher/inventor profiles linked to patents and publications
Public profiles showing research output, collaborators, CV modules
data: Full platform access for institutions, advanced features
Subscription-based for universities, research institutes, corporations. Includes bulk export, API access, custom analytics
data: Programmatic access to patent and scholarly data
Available for commercial and institutional users. Documented at https://docs.api.lens.org/
data: Free/subsidized access for research on global challenges
Lens Equitable Access Program (LEAP) ensures affordability globally
// At a glance
Pricing model
Freemium (open public access), with optional subscriptions for institutions and commercial use. Equitable Access Program (LEAP) for non-profit/developing markets.
Self-hostable
No
// How we verified this
Every certification marked HELD is confirmed against a verbatim quote on Cambia (The Lens)'s own trust, security, or privacy pages. We reject certifications claimed only on third-party aggregators, on a cloud host's behalf, or by a similarly named company.
Last verified 2026-07-07. Compliance changes over time. Always confirm directly with the vendor before relying on any certification for a purchasing or compliance decision.
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