Privacy Statement

Privacy policy

The authors, reviewers or members of the editorial team, by accepting the corresponding invitation from the editorial board become registered by the managing editor as the registered users of this journal and agree on having their contact and personal data added to the journal's database. The registered users can review, edit, remove or order copy of their personal or contact data at any time by logging to their user profile or by contacting the managing editor of the journal. The registered users further agree on receiving e-mail notifications from the journal. The consent to receive e-mail messages can be revoked at any time by contacting the managing editor of the journal.

The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that makes communication possible for the editorial process; it is used to informs readers about the authorship and editing of content; it enables collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication.

This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here.

Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for data subject rights that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.

 

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