Privacy Statement
PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Dyal Singh Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (DSJHSS) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of its journal website and online submission system.
Collection of Personal Information
DSJHSS may collect personal information that is necessary for the administration of the journal, processing of manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial decision-making, publication, and communication with users. Such information may include names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, contact information, ORCID identifiers where provided, usernames, and other information voluntarily supplied through the journal's online system.
Information concerning manuscript submissions, editorial correspondence, peer-review activities, and decisions may also be retained as part of the journal's editorial and scholarly record.
Use of Personal Information
Personal information collected through the journal website and submission system will be used only for legitimate purposes associated with the operation and scholarly activities of DSJHSS, including:
- managing manuscript submissions and editorial workflows;
- conducting and administering peer review;
- communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and other users regarding journal activities;
- publishing accepted scholarly works and associated author information;
- maintaining the integrity and scholarly record of the journal;
- administering user accounts and access to the OJS platform;
- maintaining, securing, and improving the journal website and its services; and
- fulfilling applicable legal, ethical, indexing, preservation, and scholarly publishing requirements.
DSJHSS does not sell personal information collected through the journal website or use such information for unrelated commercial purposes.
Confidentiality and Disclosure
Personal information associated with manuscripts and peer review will be handled in accordance with the journal's editorial and peer-review policies. Information will be accessible only to persons who require it for legitimate journal-related functions.
DSJHSS may share information with service providers or other parties where this is reasonably necessary for journal hosting, technical support, preservation, indexing, publication, or other legitimate scholarly publishing functions, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data-protection requirements.
Personal information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, legal process, or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, integrity, or security of the journal and its users.
Published Information
Certain information supplied by authors, including author names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers where provided, and other bibliographic information associated with published articles, may become part of the permanent public scholarly record and may be disseminated through the journal website, indexing services, repositories, libraries, preservation systems, and other scholarly communication services.
Data Security
DSJHSS takes reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, or alteration. However, no internet-based information system can guarantee absolute security.
Data Retention
Personal information and editorial records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the operation of the journal, maintenance of the scholarly record, research integrity, preservation, dispute resolution, and compliance with applicable legal and ethical obligations.
International Access and Data Processing
Because DSJHSS operates as an online scholarly journal, published information and certain journal data may be accessed, indexed, preserved, or processed through services operating in different jurisdictions. Publicly published information may consequently be accessible worldwide.
User Rights and Requests
Users may contact the journal regarding questions about personal information held by DSJHSS or to request correction of inaccurate personal information, subject to the journal's obligations to preserve legitimate editorial, publication, scholarly, and administrative records.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
DSJHSS may revise this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in its practices, technological infrastructure, legal requirements, or scholarly publishing standards. The current version will be made available on the journal website.
Contact
Questions concerning this Privacy Statement or the handling of personal information may be directed to the journal through the contact information provided on the DSJHSS website.
