Safeguarding personal information throughout the scholarly publishing lifecycle.
⇩ Download Official Policy PDFUNIVERSITAS: Journal of Global Research and Innovation is committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and all stakeholders throughout the scholarly publishing lifecycle. Personal information is processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws, internationally recognized publishing standards, and the principles of transparency, accountability, integrity, and responsible research governance.
We recognize that trust is fundamental to scholarly communication. Every piece of personal information entrusted to the Journal is handled responsibly, securely, and exclusively for legitimate editorial and publishing purposes while upholding the highest standards of ethical, legal, and professional practice.
The Journal collects personal information such as names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, and professional biographies solely to facilitate manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decision-making, publication, indexing, archiving, dissemination, and other scholarly communication activities.
Only information necessary for editorial and publishing operations is collected. Authors are responsible for ensuring that any personal, confidential, or sensitive information included within submitted manuscripts has been obtained ethically, lawfully, and with appropriate approvals and informed consent where required. Reviewer identities remain strictly confidential under the Journal's double-blind peer review process.
Personal information is never sold, rented, or disclosed for commercial purposes. Information may only be shared with trusted publishing partners responsible for manuscript management, DOI registration, indexing, digital preservation, plagiarism screening, hosting services, or where disclosure is required by applicable law.
Appropriate administrative, organizational, and technical safeguards are implemented, including encrypted communications, controlled editorial access, secure authentication, routine system monitoring, and protected archival infrastructure to safeguard personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Individuals may request access to, correction of, restriction of processing, portability, or deletion of personal information where permitted under applicable law. Requests are evaluated by the Editorial Office in accordance with the Journal's data governance procedures and relevant legal requirements.
This policy is reviewed periodically to ensure continued compliance with evolving legal requirements, COPE Core Practices, GDPR principles where applicable, Crossref metadata standards, DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice, and internationally recognized scholarly publishing standards.
UNIVERSITAS: Journal of Global Research and Innovation considers the protection of personal information an integral component of research integrity and responsible scholarly publishing. By maintaining secure editorial systems, transparent governance, and internationally recognized data protection practices, the Journal ensures that every participant in the publication process can engage with confidence, professionalism, and respect for individual privacy rights.
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