Privacy notice
What personal data this journal holds, why it holds it, and how long it keeps it.
Data the journal holds
| Data | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Account details: name, email, password hash, role | Authentication and correspondence about your submissions and reviews | While the account exists, then in the editorial record |
| Author profile: affiliation, ORCID, biography | Attribution, citation metadata, and deposit | Published with the article; part of the permanent record |
| Manuscripts, versions, and uploaded files | Editorial assessment and the record of publication | Permanently, as the journal archive |
| Review correspondence and recommendations | Editorial decision-making and integrity investigations | Permanently, confidentially |
| Audit and login records, including IP address | Security, fraud prevention, and integrity investigation | Limited period appropriate to the security purpose |
| Payment records, where a payment is made | Fulfilling and evidencing a transaction | As required by financial and tax law |
Confidentiality of the review process
Manuscripts under review are confidential. Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors, and author identities are withheld from reviewers under Double-anonymized peer review. Review correspondence is disclosed outside the editorial process only where a research-integrity investigation or a legal obligation requires it.
Sharing
Citation metadata for published articles is shared publicly and with registration and indexing services -- that is the point of publishing. Where the platform's optional AI-assisted tools are enabled by the operator, manuscript text may be transmitted to the configured AI provider for that specific request; the provider, model, and a hash of the input are recorded in the audit log. Personal data is not sold, and is not used for advertising.
Your requests
Write to editorial@qcaij.com to access, correct, or ask for deletion of your personal data. Two limits apply: the scholarly record of a published article, including its authorship, cannot be erased, and material required for an integrity investigation or by law is retained.
Cookies
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