Privacy Statement
The Journal of Scientific and Technological Advances (JSTA) is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of its authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and registered users.
1. Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information collected through the journal's website and Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform may include names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, contact details, ORCID identifiers, user account information, and information associated with manuscript submissions and editorial activities.
Such information is processed for legitimate scholarly publishing purposes, including user registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, publication management, research integrity procedures, and maintenance of the scholarly record.
2. Confidentiality and Access
Personal information and unpublished manuscripts are accessible only to authorized individuals where necessary for their assigned responsibilities.
The journal takes appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or loss.
Under the journal's double-anonymous peer-review process, author and reviewer identities are treated confidentially in accordance with applicable editorial policies.
3. Sharing of Information
Personal information is not sold or disclosed for unrelated commercial purposes.
Information may be shared with authorized service providers or relevant publishing infrastructure where necessary for journal operations, subject to applicable legal and confidentiality requirements.
Author names, affiliations, and other bibliographic information associated with published articles may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record.
4. Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil legitimate journal operations, comply with applicable legal obligations, resolve disputes, and maintain the integrity of editorial and publication records.
Retention periods may vary according to the type of information and applicable legal requirements.
5. Data Protection and User Rights
JSTA seeks to process personal information in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including Türkiye's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) and, where applicable, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Subject to applicable law, individuals may request information concerning the processing of their personal data, seek correction of inaccurate information, or exercise other legally available data protection rights.
Requests concerning personal data will be handled through the journal's designated official contact channel.
6. Cookies and Platform Security
The journal's OJS platform may use cookies and related technical mechanisms necessary for user authentication, session management, platform functionality, and security.
Any additional analytics or tracking technologies, if introduced, will be assessed and disclosed in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
7. Updates to This Statement
This Privacy Statement may be updated to reflect changes in journal operations, publishing infrastructure, or applicable data protection requirements. Material updates will be communicated through the journal's website.
Journal Website: https://jvstjournal.org/
Journal Management Platform: https://jvstjournal.org/ojs/index.php/jsta
