Privacy Statement
Why do we process your data?
The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that makes communication possible for the editorial process; it is used to inform readers about the authorship and editing of content; it enables collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication.
This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here. The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data that figures in the research reported here.
The user list will only be used to inform the registered person about the publication of a new issue, to invite experts for reviews and to distribute call for papers for special issues.
The data processing is considered lawful where you have given consent to it.
Which data do we collect and process?
The Journal of Writing Research (JoWR) collects the following personal information when you register to the Journal of Writing Research through the registration form:
- Given name
- Family Name
- Affiliation
- Country
- Writing research expertise
- Username
- Password (encrypted)
How long do we keep your data?
The information provided by you will be stored in the JoWR user database and a communication database as long as the journal is published. However, you have the right to unsubscribe at any moment.
Where are the data stored
The collected data stored on secured servers provided by Linguatorium Research Corporation in Nuremberg, Germany and Chicago, USA. Contact details are stored in a secured communications database by University of Antwerp in Antwerp.
Who has access to your data and to whom is it disclosed?
Access to your data is specified below:
- Journal of Writing Research shares the Personal Data you provide in the registration form with the University of Antwerp and Linguatorium Research Corporation to the degree necessary to achieve the purposes of communication.
- Only the main editors have access to the JoWR user database in order to attribute reviewers to submitted papers. As we use the double-blind procedure, the names of the reviewers are kept secret from the authors.
What are your rights and how can you exercise them?
Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.
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