Privacy & Data Protection Policy

International Journal of Research, Exploration & Knowledge (IJREK) is committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal data of our authors, peer reviewers, editors, and website visitors.

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, how it is processed, stored, and protected, and the legal rights available to individuals under applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We collect only the personal information necessary to conduct legitimate scholarly publishing operations:

• Author Information: Full name, institutional affiliation, department, academic email address, postal address, ORCID identifier, and biographical research profile.
• Reviewer Information: Academic credentials, subject expertise areas, publication record, institutional email address, and records of completed peer review evaluations.
• Account & Security Data: Encrypted login credentials, IP address logs, browser user-agent data, and session access timestamps.
• Manuscript Metadata: Title, abstract, keywords, author contribution statements, and ethical declarations.

Personal data collected by IJREK is utilized strictly for scholarly and operational purposes:

• Facilitating the submission, editorial screening, and double-anonymized peer review of scientific manuscripts.
• Direct editorial correspondence regarding paper status, revisions, proofreading, and production galley proofs.
• Registering bibliographic metadata and DOI identifiers with scholarly indexing bodies (e.g. Crossref).
• Publishing approved author attribution metadata openly on article landing pages and PDF publications.

Our website uses strictly necessary cookies and session tokens to manage user authentication, maintain portal sessions, and ensure system security.

We do not employ third-party behavioral advertising trackers. Anonymous, aggregated server telemetry may be collected to assess website traffic patterns and system responsiveness.

Personal information is never sold, leased, or traded to commercial marketing entities:

• Strict Confidentiality: Unpublished manuscripts and reviewer identities remain strictly protected under double-anonymized confidentiality standards.
• Trusted Processors: Data is shared only with trusted infrastructure providers (cloud database servers, automated similarity screening software, and indexing agencies).
• Security Measures: All data transmissions are encrypted using industry-standard TLS/SSL (HTTPS). Databases are protected by multi-factor access controls and regular security auditing.

Authors and reviewers possess fundamental rights regarding their personal data:

• Right of Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data held about you in our author portal.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate institutional or biographical information.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your user account, subject to legal and scholarly archival preservation mandates for published academic works.

For privacy inquiries or to exercise your data rights, contact our Data Protection Desk at: privacy@ijrek.org.