Privacy Policy

The journal “Polygraphy and Publishing” ensures the confidentiality of personal data obtained during the submission, peer review, editing, and publication of scientific materials. Names, email addresses, and other contact details provided by users on the journal’s website are used solely for purposes directly related to the journal’s activities and are not disclosed to third parties or used for any other purposes without appropriate legal grounds.

Data Privacy Policy

Personal data obtained from both registered and non-registered users of the journal are processed within the standard procedures of a peer-reviewed scientific publication. Such data are used, in particular, for:

  • facilitating communication between authors, the editorial board, and reviewers;
  • organizing editorial and peer review processes;
  • providing information related to authorship, editing, and publication of scientific materials;
  • ensuring the proper functioning of the journal’s official website.

Authors submitting materials for publication are responsible for the lawful provision and appropriate use of personal data of individuals involved in the research, where such information is included in the article.

Individuals involved in the editorial process undertake to comply with applicable personal data protection standards and principles of confidentiality recognized in international publishing practice, including the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.

Within this policy, the fundamental rights of data subjects are respected, including:

  • the right to be informed about the processing of personal data;
  • the right of access to their personal data;
  • the right to rectification or erasure of personal data;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to privacy by design and by default.

At the same time, the editorial board acknowledges that in the field of scholarly publishing there may be a public interest in maintaining the availability of the scholarly record, editorial history, and published materials, where this is necessary to preserve the integrity of academic communication and the reliability of the public scientific archive.

This policy forms part of the editorial policy of the journal “Polygraphy and Publishing” and is published on the official website of the journal.