<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
is	O
a	O
plagiarism	O
detection	O
software	O
,	O
mostly	O
used	O
by	O
academic	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
compares	O
submissions	O
with	O
web	O
documents	O
,	O
journals	O
and	O
internal	O
archives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
is	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
and	O
as	O
an	O
on-premise	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
scanning	O
a	O
submission	O
for	O
plagiarism	O
,	O
PlagScan	B-Application
provides	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
detailed	O
report	O
that	O
indicates	O
potential	O
plagiarism	O
and	O
lists	O
the	O
matched	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
serves	O
schools	O
and	O
universities	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
its	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
market	O
and	O
publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
is	O
compliant	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
General	O
Data	O
Protection	O
Regulation	O
or	O
GDPR	O
,	O
particularly	O
following	O
the	O
German	O
Bundesdatenschutzgesetz	O
(	O
BDSG	O
)	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
and	O
copyright	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
and	O
privacy	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
's	O
two-step	O
algorithm	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
compares	O
submissions	O
with	O
millions	O
of	O
web	O
sources	O
and	O
internal	O
archives	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
optionally	O
participate	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
built	O
an	O
indexing	O
tool	O
based	O
on	O
Apache	B-Language
Solr	I-Language
and	O
relies	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
’s	O
search	O
index	O
for	O
web	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Moodle	O
,	O
Canvas	O
,	O
Schoology	O
,	O
etc	O
through	O
an	O
API	O
and	O
LTI	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plagiarism	O
blog	O
plagiarismtoday.com	O
ranked	O
PlagScan	B-Application
as	O
the	O
fourth-best	O
plagiarism	O
detection	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
participated	O
in	O
"	O
Captivate	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
three-month	O
acceleration	O
program	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
Accelerator	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
promoting	O
German	O
technology	O
startups	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
U.S.	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
information	O
and	O
communication	O
technologies	O
at	O
the	O
European	O
Venture	O
Summit	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
came	O
under	O
the	O
spotlight	O
in	O
Spain	O
in	O
September	O
2018	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
social	O
debate	O
,	O
having	O
even	O
been	O
discussed	O
in	O
Spanish	O
Congress	O
Of	O
Deputies	O
and	O
Senate	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
Spanish	O
Government	O
used	O
it	O
to	O
check	O
alleged	O
plagiarism	O
on	O
Spanish	O
President	O
Pedro	O
Sanchez	O
's	O
Doctoral	O
Thesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
allegedly	O
reported	O
a	O
0.96	O
%	O
match	O
when	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
Government	O
,	O
however	O
those	O
figures	O
were	O
later	O
corrected	O
by	O
PlagScan	B-Application
CEO	O
,	O
Markus	O
Goldbach	O
to	O
be	O
21%	O
with	O
the	O
default	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rival	O
software	O
TurnItIn	O
had	O
reported	O
a	O
rate	O
of	O
plagiarism	O
of	O
15%	O
,	O
several	O
times	O
more	O
than	O
that	O
reported	O
by	O
Spanish	O
Government	O
using	O
PlagScan	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlagScan	B-Application
cannot	O
confirm	O
this	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
