Privacy Policy
The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Confluence (IJMRC) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, website visitors, and other individuals who interact with the journal.
This Privacy Policy explains how IJMRC may collect, use, store, protect, and disclose personal information in connection with the journal website, manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial communication, publication, and other legitimate journal activities.
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1. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through the IJMRC website and through interactions with the journal, including manuscript submission, peer review, editorial communication, publication, enquiries, and related services.
It applies to information relating to authors, co-authors, reviewers, editors, editorial-board members, readers, website visitors, and other individuals who communicate with IJMRC.
2. Personal Information We May Collect
The information collected depends on how an individual interacts with IJMRC. Information may include:
- Name and professional affiliation.
- Email address and other contact information.
- ORCID iD or other researcher identifier, where provided.
- Professional biography and research interests, where provided.
- Manuscript and submission information.
- Peer-review and editorial information.
- Correspondence with the journal.
- Publication-related information and article metadata.
- Information submitted through website forms or enquiries.
- Technical information required for website operation and security.
3. Manuscript and Editorial Information
Authors and contributors may provide personal and professional information when submitting manuscripts or communicating with the journal.
This information may be used to administer submissions, communicate with authors, coordinate peer review, support editorial decision-making, prepare accepted manuscripts for publication, maintain publication records, and address post-publication matters.
Information provided by reviewers may be used for reviewer selection, communication, peer-review administration, and editorial record keeping.
4. How We Use Personal Information
IJMRC may use personal information for legitimate purposes connected with the journal's scholarly, editorial, administrative, and website activities, including:
- Receiving and managing manuscript submissions.
- Communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and contributors.
- Administering peer review.
- Communicating editorial decisions.
- Preparing and publishing accepted articles.
- Maintaining accurate editorial and publication records.
- Responding to enquiries and requests.
- Operating and securing the journal website.
- Preventing misuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents.
- Meeting applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
5. Lawful Processing
Where applicable, IJMRC processes personal information on the basis of a lawful purpose recognized by the relevant privacy or data-protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include consent, fulfillment of a requested service, legitimate journal or publishing interests, compliance with a legal obligation, or another lawful basis permitted by applicable law.
6. Information Included in Published Articles
Some information provided by authors may become part of the public scholarly record when an article is published.
This may include author names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, professional biographies, article titles, abstracts, references, and other publication metadata, depending on the journal's publication practices.
Authors should not include unnecessary private or sensitive personal information in material intended for publication.
7. Peer-Review Information
Personal information and manuscript information associated with peer review are handled in accordance with the journal's applicable peer-review procedures.
Reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and related information and should not disclose or use confidential material outside the legitimate peer-review process.
8. Sharing of Personal Information
IJMRC does not intend to sell personal information collected through its journal activities.
Personal information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary for legitimate journal operations, editorial and publication activities, technical support, security, legal compliance, or other purposes permitted by applicable law.
Where external service providers are used to support journal operations, information may be shared with them only to the extent reasonably necessary for the relevant service, subject to applicable privacy and security requirements.
9. Website and Technical Information
When visitors use the IJMRC website, certain technical information may be processed automatically by the website, hosting environment, or security infrastructure.
Depending on the website's actual configuration, this may include information such as IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages accessed, access times, referring information, and technical logs.
Such information may be used for website functionality, security, troubleshooting, performance, and prevention of unauthorized or abusive activity.
10. Cookies
The IJMRC website may use cookies or similar technologies where necessary for website functionality, security, preferences, or other legitimate purposes.
The cookies and similar technologies actually used by the website depend on its technical configuration and any services integrated into it.
Visitors can manage or disable cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation of some website features.
11. External Websites and Services
The IJMRC website may contain links to external websites, repositories, databases, indexing services, or other third-party resources.
External websites operate under their own privacy policies and terms. IJMRC is not responsible for the privacy practices or security of external websites that it does not control.
12. Data Security
IJMRC takes reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
Depending on the nature of the information and the risks involved, appropriate administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards may be used.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Data Retention
Personal information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to maintain editorial and publication records, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, and preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.
Published scholarly records may need to be retained for an extended period because they form part of the academic record.
14. International Processing
Depending on the journal's website infrastructure and the external services it uses, personal information may be processed or stored in a country other than the country in which an individual is located.
Where applicable, IJMRC will take reasonable steps to handle such processing in accordance with relevant data-protection requirements.
15. Privacy Rights
Depending on the applicable law and the circumstances of the processing, individuals may have rights concerning their personal information.
These may include, where legally applicable:
- Requesting access to personal information.
- Requesting correction of inaccurate information.
- Requesting deletion of information where legally permitted.
- Requesting restriction of certain processing.
- Objecting to certain processing activities.
- Withdrawing consent where processing is based on consent.
- Requesting data portability where applicable.
These rights may be subject to legal, editorial, archival, and other applicable limitations.
16. Privacy Requests and Complaints
Individuals who have questions, concerns, or requests concerning their personal information may contact IJMRC through its official contact details.
Privacy Contact Email: [INSERT OFFICIAL IJMRC EMAIL ADDRESS]
To protect personal information, IJMRC may request reasonable information necessary to verify the identity of a person making a privacy-related request.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
IJMRC may update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect changes in its publication practices, website functionality, applicable requirements, or data-processing arrangements.
The current version of the policy will be made available on this page. The effective or last-updated date will be stated above.
18. Contact Information
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, please contact IJMRC through its official contact channel.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Confluence (IJMRC)
Email: [INSERT OFFICIAL IJMRC EMAIL ADDRESS]
Website: [INSERT OFFICIAL IJMRC WEBSITE]
Privacy Policy – Frequently Asked Questions
What personal information may IJMRC collect?
Depending on how you interact with the journal, IJMRC may collect information such as your name, email address, institutional affiliation, researcher identifier, manuscript information, reviewer information, correspondence, and relevant technical website information.
Why does IJMRC collect personal information?
Information may be used to manage manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial communication, publication, website operation, security, and other legitimate journal activities.
Does IJMRC sell personal information?
IJMRC does not intend to sell personal information collected through its journal activities.
Will author information be publicly available?
Information that forms part of a published article, such as author names, affiliations, and article metadata, may become part of the public scholarly record.
Does IJMRC use cookies?
The website may use cookies or similar technologies depending on its technical configuration and the services integrated into the website.
Can I request access to my personal information?
Depending on applicable law, individuals may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or other forms of control over their personal information.