Privacy Statement

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.