Privacy Statement

Please Note:

The names, email addresses, and other personal information entered on this journal website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party, except as required for legitimate academic publishing activities.

Privacy Policy and Journal Approval

Data collected from registered and unregistered users of this journal fall within the scope of the standard functions of peer-reviewed journals. This includes information that allows communication for the editorial process; this is used to inform readers about authorship and editing of content; enables aggregate data collection on reader behaviour, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scientific communication.

The journal editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform can be shared with developers in an anonymous and aggregate form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. Data will not be sold by this journal or publisher or used for purposes other than those stated herein. The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data described in the research reported here.

Those involved in editing this journal endeavour to comply with industry standards for data privacy, including the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for "data subject rights" which include (a) breach notifications; (b) access rights; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy based on design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of "the public interest in the availability of data," which has certain saliency for those involved in maintaining, with integrity possible, public records of scientific publishing.

1. Use of Personal Data

Personal data collected through this journal's website, including names, affiliations, and email addresses, are used solely for:

Editorial communication regarding manuscript submission, peer review, and publication
Journal management and administrative purposes
Notification of journal-related activities, where users have agreed to receive such information

2. Data Confidentiality

The journal maintains the confidentiality of all personal data. Personal information will not be sold, shared, or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Data may be shared only when necessary for legitimate publishing and indexing processes, such as:

DOI registration agencies
Abstracting and indexing databases
Digital archiving services

Such data sharing is limited to essential bibliographic and authorship information.

3. Legal Basis and User Consent

By registering and submitting manuscripts to this journal, users provide consent for their personal data to be processed for academic publishing purposes in accordance with these policies and applicable laws.

Users have the right to:

Access their personal data
Request correction of inaccurate data
Request deletion of data where legally and technically feasible

Requests may be submitted to the journal management via the contact information provided on the journal website.

4. Data Security

The journal implements reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure. However, no electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

5. Author and Reviewer Privacy

All manuscripts under review are treated as confidential documents.
Reviewer identities will not be disclosed to authors or third parties.

6. Cookies and System Logs

The journal's online system may use cookies and server logs to support system functionality, security, and performance analysis. These data are used only for technical and statistical purposes and do not identify users personally beyond system requirements.