[Draft – have this policy reviewed before the site goes live]
This policy explains how Scholar Bridge Academic Publisher (“we”) collects and uses personal data on this website.
What we collect
- Account details: name, email, designation, institution, country, ORCID iD and profile.
- Submission details: author names, contact details, manuscripts and proposals.
- Technical data: IP address and browser information used for security and spam protection.
- Analytics: [state whether you use Google Analytics or similar, and which cookies it sets]
How we use it
- To manage submissions, peer review and publication.
- To communicate with authors, editors and reviewers.
- To publish author names and affiliations with accepted chapters.
- To keep the website secure.
Sharing
Manuscripts are shared with editors and reviewers only for peer review. We do not sell personal data.
Retention and your rights
We keep submission records for [period]. You can ask to see, correct or delete your personal data by emailing [privacy email].