Privacy Policy – Journal of Humanities and Education Development (JHED)

At the Journal of Humanities and Education Development (JHED), we are committed to protecting the privacy of our authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and website users. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected when users access ijhed.com, submit manuscripts, register, communicate with the journal, or use related services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information including:

Name, institutional affiliation, email address, phone number, postal address, and professional details provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and users.
Manuscript submission details, author metadata, reviewer communications, editorial correspondence, and publication records generated through the journal workflow.
Technical data such as IP address, browser type, device information, referral pages, and general usage data collected through normal website operations.

2. How We Use the Information

The information collected may be used to:

Process manuscript submissions and manage peer review, editorial decisions, revisions, and publication.
Communicate with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers regarding submissions, publication updates, journal notices, and support queries.
Maintain journal records, display published author information, and improve journal operations and website performance.
Comply with legal, ethical, academic publishing, and indexing requirements.

3. Use of Published Information

For published articles, author information such as name, affiliation, ORCID ID if provided, article title, abstract, and citation details may be publicly displayed as part of the scholarly record. This is a standard function of academic publishing and helps identify authorship, editorial history, and article metadata.

4. Cookies and Technical Data

JHED may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential website functions, improve user experience, and maintain session integrity where applicable. Cookies are not generally required merely to read published content, but they may be used for registration, submission systems, analytics, or administrative functions.

JHED does not sell personal information. Personal data may be shared only when reasonably necessary for journal operations, such as with editorial staff, technical service providers, website hosting providers, indexing services, DOI registration agencies, or publication workflow systems, and only to the extent required for those purposes.

6. Data Retention

Personal and publication‑related data may be retained for as long as necessary to manage submissions, maintain the academic publishing record, comply with legal obligations, and preserve the integrity of the scholarly archive. Published article metadata may remain permanently available as part of the academic record.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet‑based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and users submit information at their own risk.

8. User Rights

Where applicable under relevant law, users may have the right to request access to their personal data, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of data where legally possible, restriction of processing, or other privacy‑related rights. Academic publishing obligations may require retention of some data to preserve the scholarly record and editorial history.

9. Third‑Party Links

The website may contain links to third‑party websites, including DOI agencies, indexing platforms, manuscript submission tools, or external resources. JHED is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third‑party websites.

10. Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect operational, legal, or publishing changes. Updated versions should be posted on ijhed.com, and continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

11. Contact

For questions relating to privacy, personal data, or policy matters, users may contact JHED through the journal contact details published on the journal’s About page, including the listed journal email address. The journal’s About page lists the contact email as theshillonga.jhed@gmail.com.