Your privacy matters to our academic community.
At the Interdisciplinary Research Journal & Archives, we are committed to handling personal information with care, transparency, accountability, and respect.
Transparency
We explain what information we collect, why we collect it, and how it may be used.
Accountability
We aim to manage personal information responsibly and respond to privacy-related concerns.
Respect
We treat authors, reviewers, readers, partners, and visitors with dignity and professional care.
1. Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how the Interdisciplinary Research Journal & Archives, also known as IRJAR, may collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit our website, communicate with us, submit a manuscript, create an account, use our forms, purchase services, or interact with our publishing platform.
IRJAR CORP. is registered in Manitoba, Canada. Our website is designed to support academic publishing, peer review, DOI registration, book publication, scholarly archiving, editorial services, and communication with authors, reviewers, institutions, and readers.
This Privacy Policy is intended to provide clear public information about IRJAR’s privacy practices. It should be reviewed and adapted as needed to reflect IRJAR’s actual systems, plugins, payment processors, analytics tools, advertising services, and legal obligations.
2. Information we collect
The information we collect depends on how you use the IRJAR website and services. We may collect information that you provide directly, information generated through website use, and information required for publishing, editorial, or administrative purposes.
Information you may provide directly
- Name, title, institutional affiliation, and professional biography.
- Email address, phone number, mailing address, and contact details.
- Author, reviewer, editor, or institutional profile information.
- Manuscripts, abstracts, keywords, references, cover letters, revision files, and publication-related documents.
- Payment or transaction-related information when using paid publication or editorial services.
- Messages sent through contact forms, submission forms, email, or support requests.
- Account login details, where user registration is available.
Information collected automatically
- IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, and approximate location information.
- Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring links, and website interaction data.
- Cookie identifiers and similar technical information used to improve site performance and security.
3. How we use personal information
IRJAR uses personal information only for purposes that are connected to our academic, editorial, publishing, administrative, security, and communication activities.
| Purpose | Examples of use |
|---|---|
| Publishing and editorial services | Processing submissions, managing peer review, communicating revision decisions, preparing manuscripts, and publishing accepted work. |
| Author and reviewer management | Creating author profiles, reviewer records, editorial correspondence, contributor pages, and publication histories. |
| Communication | Responding to contact forms, support requests, partnership inquiries, publication questions, and institutional messages. |
| Website functionality | Maintaining accounts, protecting login areas, improving navigation, monitoring technical performance, and preventing misuse. |
| Payments and administration | Processing publication fees, book services, editorial services, invoices, receipts, and financial records where applicable. |
| Legal and security obligations | Protecting the website, preventing fraud or abuse, responding to lawful requests, and maintaining appropriate records. |
6. Data retention
IRJAR retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, publishing standards, contractual obligations, financial recordkeeping, or academic archiving practices.
Published scholarly records may be retained for long-term academic, citation, indexing, DOI, and archival purposes. Contact form messages, support requests, and administrative records may be retained as needed to respond to inquiries, resolve issues, document editorial decisions, or comply with organizational requirements.
7. Security safeguards
IRJAR takes reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational steps to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
- Website security tools and access controls may be used to protect the platform.
- Administrative access may be limited to authorized users.
- Website plugins, forms, user accounts, and publishing systems may be monitored and updated for security.
- Information may be protected through hosting security, login protections, and secure transmission where available.
While we take privacy and security seriously, no website, email system, database, or online service can guarantee absolute security. Users should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive information through general contact forms.
8. Your privacy rights and choices
Depending on your location and the nature of your interaction with IRJAR, you may have the right to request access to your personal information, ask for corrections, withdraw consent where applicable, or raise questions about how your information is handled.
You may contact IRJAR to request:
- Access to personal information we may hold about you.
- Correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Removal or updating of non-essential profile information.
- Clarification about how your information is used.
- Review of a privacy-related concern or complaint.
Some information may not be removable where it is part of the scholarly record, required for legal or financial purposes, necessary for publication integrity, or retained for legitimate archival, indexing, DOI, or editorial documentation purposes.
9. Children’s privacy
IRJAR is an academic publishing and research platform intended primarily for adults, researchers, authors, educators, reviewers, institutions, and scholarly readers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent.
If a parent, guardian, teacher, or institution believes that a child’s personal information has been submitted to IRJAR improperly, they may contact us so that we can review the matter.
10. International users
IRJAR may be accessed by users from Canada and other countries. By using our website or submitting information to IRJAR, you understand that your information may be processed, stored, or accessed in Canada or in other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
Privacy laws may differ from one jurisdiction to another. We aim to handle personal information responsibly and to respect reasonable privacy expectations from our international academic community.
11. Updates to this Privacy Policy
IRJAR may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, legal obligations, publishing workflows, plugins, analytics tools, advertising systems, or organizational practices.
When updates are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page should be revised. Continued use of the IRJAR website after changes are posted indicates acceptance of the updated policy.
12. Contact us about privacy
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to access or correct your personal information, or want to raise a privacy-related concern, please contact IRJAR.
IRJAR CORP.
Registered in Manitoba, Canada
Business Number: [IRJAR BUSINESS NUMBER]
Email: support@irjar.org
Committed to responsible academic publishing.
IRJAR recognizes that trust is essential in scholarly communication. We are committed to protecting privacy while supporting research, publication, peer review, archiving, and global academic visibility.
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