Privacy & Confidentiality Policy
- The journal handles all manuscript submissions, reviews, and editorial communications with strict confidentiality. Information shared during the submission and review process is not disclosed to anyone outside the editorial and peer-review team, except as required by law.
- Personal Data: Names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, ORCID IDs, and contact details collected through the submission system or subscriber forms will be used solely for editorial, peer-review, publishing, and indexing purposes.
- Personal data will not be shared, sold, or used for marketing without the explicit consent of the individual.
- Reviewer Confidentiality: Reviewers are required to treat all manuscripts as confidential documents and may not retain or share them without prior permission from the Editor-in-Chief.
- The journal complies with applicable data protection regulations (including GDPR where relevant) and maintains appropriate measures to safeguard author and reviewer information.