Privacy Statement

The Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) is dedicated to the protection of the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all persons involved in the journal, such as authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, readers, and website users. We understand that trust is an essential part of academic publishing, and we are therefore striving to collect, process, store, and handle any personal information in a responsible and ethical manner in line with international standards of ethical publishing and data protection laws.

The personal data gathered from the process of submitting manuscript, reviewing, editing, publishing, and communications with the journal is only used for the purpose of scholarly publishing. The journal gathers only that data that is needed for proper functioning of editorial activities, good communication, and efficient publication process.

Information We Collect

To support the manuscript submission and publication process, JHHR may collect the following information:

• ■ Personal Information: Name, Institutional affiliation, Designation, Email address, Professional contact details
• ■ Academic Identifiers: ORCID iD, Researcher profiles, Other academic identifiers voluntarily provided by authors or reviewers
• ■ Manuscript Information: Manuscript submission details, Revised manuscript versions, Reviewer reports, Editorial decisions, Publication records
• ■ Communication Records: Correspondence between authors, reviewers, editors, and the editorial office regarding manuscript submission, review, and publication
• ■ Website Information: Limited technical information collected to improve website performance, security, functionality, and user experience, where applicable

How Your Information Is Used

The data gathered in the journal is utilized solely for academic publishing processes. It is not used for any form of commercial or unrelated advertising. Your information may be used to:

• ✦ Handle manuscript submission processes.
• ✦ Facilitate the double-blind peer review process.
• ✦ Provide decision communications to authors and reviewers.
• ✦ Handle manuscripts accepted for publication for copy editing, typesetting, publishing, indexing, and archiving.
• ✦ Maintain publications data and author information.
• ✦ Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of editorial services.

Data Protection and Confidentiality

The Journal of Heritage and Historical Research has adequate administrative, technical, and organizational measures in place to ensure that personal information is not disclosed, used, altered, or lost through any unauthorized means. The personal information can only be accessed by authorized individuals, which include members of the editorial board, peer-reviewers where applicable, and publishers.

Everyone associated with the publication process should ensure that they keep all information related to the manuscript, reviewer comments, editorial exchanges, and unpublished research confidential.

Information Sharing

JHHR is committed to protecting the privacy of its contributors, and therefore does not give, share, rent, trade or disclose any personal data for commercial gain. Personal data can only be disclosed in the following cases:

• ■ To trusted publishing partners who assist in the process of editorial or publishing.
• ■ To indexing, archiving, digital preservation services where needed.
• ■ Where there is a need for legal compliance under the legal obligations or regulations of the institution.
• ■ By obtaining prior permission from the person concerned.

Policy Review

The Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) is devoted to keeping its privacy policies transparent and up-to-date. The Privacy Policy of JHHR will be revised and amended from time to time to account for developments in academic publishing and technology as well as the current state of data privacy legislation and ethical norms. Any updates to the Privacy Policy will be made publicly available on the website of JHHR.