Purpose
Personal data are processed to manage the editorial workflow, reviewer invitations, publication processes, indexing, and long-term archiving.
Privacy Statement
Journal of Digital Health and Advanced Biomaterials (JDHAB) collects and processes personal data solely to support legitimate journal operations, including manuscript submission, peer review, editorial communication, publication, indexing, archiving, and compliance with applicable legal and ethical requirements.
Personal data provided to the journal are not used for commercial purposes.
Purpose and data minimization
Data minimization
Only personal data necessary for journal operations and scholarly communication are collected and processed.
Confidentiality and security
Confidentiality
Submitted manuscripts, peer-review materials, and editorial communications are handled with appropriate confidentiality.
Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are adopted to protect personal data and editorial records.
Services, metadata, and retention
Third-party services
Limited data sharing may occur with essential service providers, such as hosting, email, indexing, DOI registration, and archiving services, when necessary for journal operations and compliance with publishing standards.
Published metadata
Author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, article titles, abstracts, and other publication metadata may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record.
Data retention
Editorial and publication records may be retained for as long as necessary to preserve the integrity, traceability, and continuity of the journal’s scholarly and administrative record.
Data subject rights and contact
Data subject rights
Users may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal data where applicable and in accordance with relevant legal frameworks.
Privacy contact
Questions regarding privacy or personal data requests should be directed to: editor@jdhab.org
