Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement for SAURAJ

At the SAURAJ Journal, we are committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of our authors, reviewers, readers, and all users of our platform. This Privacy Statement outlines our practices concerning the collection, use, and protection of personal information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

1.1 Contact Information: This includes your name, email address, affiliation, and contact details provided when submitting a manuscript, reviewing it, or contacting us.

1.2 Manuscript Information: Information related to manuscript submissions, including author names, affiliations, and the content of the manuscript.

1.3 Usage Information: We collect data on how you interact with our website and journal content, such as IP addresses, browser type, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit.

2. The Use of Your Information by Us

Your personal information might be used for the following things:

2.1 Handling of Manuscripts: To handle submissions of manuscripts, facilitate peer review, and interact with authors, reviewers, and editors.

2.2 Publication: To disseminate approved submissions to the scholarly community by publishing them in our journal.

2.3 Communication: Discuss submissions, updates, and pertinent journal information with authors, reviewers, and readers.

2.4 Analytics: To better our content, services, and user experience by examining website usage.

3. Data Security

We take appropriate precautions to guard your personal data against loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction. However, no technique of electronic storage or data transmission via the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, despite our best efforts, we cannot ensure the complete security of your data.

4. Data Exchange

Your personal information is not traded, sold, or rented to outside parties by us. Nevertheless, we might divulge your information to:

4.1 Reviewers and editors: Reviewers and editors are needed to streamline the peer-review procedure.

4.2 Legal Obligations: Obligations to follow the law, such as answering subpoenas or other court orders.

5. Your Rights

With relation to your personal information, you have the following rights:

5.1 Access: You have the right to ask to see any personal information we may have on you.

5.2 Correction: If any of your personal information is incorrect or lacking, you have the right to request a correction.

5.3 Erasure: You have the right to ask that your personal data be erased, subject to ethical and legal requirements.

6. Tracking technologies and cookies

It is possible that our website uses cookies and other tracking technology. Your browser’s settings will let you modify your cookie options.

7. Modifications to this Privacy Statement

We might alter this privacy statement to reflect adjustments to our procedures or changes to applicable laws. Any significant changes will be communicated to you via our website.

8. Information for Contact

Please get in touch with us at the Research & Development Cell if you have any queries or issues about our privacy practises or your personal information [email: research@sau.edu.in; telephone no: 02025807005; website: https://sau.edu.in/SAURAJ/].

By using our website and providing SAURAJ Journal with your personal information, you agree to the procedures outlined in this Privacy Statement.