Privacy Statement

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.

Purpose.
Personal data are processed to manage the editorial workflow, reviewer invitations, publication processes, indexing, and long-term archiving.

Data minimization.
Only personal data necessary for journal operations and scholarly communication are collected and processed.

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.

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.
Users may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal data where applicable and in accordance with relevant legal frameworks.

Personal data provided to this journal are not used for commercial purposes.

Questions regarding privacy or personal data requests should be directed to: editor@jdhab.org