Protecting Personal Information in Scholarly Publishing
The Journal of Rural Development and Applied Technology (JRDAT) is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information collected throughout the scholarly publishing process. As an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Center for Rural Areas Empowerment (P2D), Institut Teknologi Bandung, we recognize that responsible management of personal data is essential to maintaining trust within the global research community.
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored, and protected when authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users interact with the journal's website and editorial management system.
Informations We Collect
To facilitate editorial and publishing activities, the journal may collect information including, but not limited to:
- Full name
- Institutional affiliation
- Academic position
- Email address
- ORCID iD (if provided)
- Country of residence
- Manuscript metadata
- Reviewer information
- Editorial correspondence
- User account credentials
- Publication history
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, and access logs for system administration and security purposes.
Only information necessary for managing scholarly communication and journal operations is collected.
Purpose of Data Collection
Personal information is processed solely for purposes directly related to academic publishing, including:
- manuscript submission and editorial processing;
- peer review management;
- communication between authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial staff;
- production, publication, indexing, and dissemination of scholarly articles;
- DOI registration and metadata distribution;
- journal administration and user authentication;
- improving website functionality, usability, and publication services;
- maintaining publication ethics and research integrity.
Personal information will never be used for commercial marketing or unrelated promotional activities.
Confidentiality of Peer Review
The Journal of Rural Development and Applied Technology maintains strict confidentiality throughout the peer-review process.
Information relating to submitted manuscripts, reviewer identities, editorial decisions, and confidential communications is accessible only to authorized editorial personnel involved in the publication process.
Reviewers are expected to treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents and must not disclose or use unpublished material for personal or professional advantage.
Data Sharing
The journal does not sell, rent, or distribute personal information to third parties.
Limited information may be shared only when necessary for legitimate scholarly publishing activities, including:
- DOI registration agencies (such as Crossref);
- abstracting and indexing services;
- long-term digital preservation services;
- institutional repositories;
- metadata harvesting services;
- trusted publishing infrastructure supporting scholarly dissemination.
Only the minimum information required for these purposes will be disclosed.
Data Security
Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards are implemented to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.
Although every reasonable effort is made to secure journal data, no electronic communication or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Cookies and Website Analytic
The journal website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience, maintain user sessions, analyze website performance, and support system functionality.
Cookies are not used to collect sensitive personal information or for commercial advertising purposes.
Users may configure their browsers to refuse cookies; however, certain features of the journal website may not function properly.
Open Access and Published Information
As an open-access scholarly journal, published articles become publicly accessible.
Information appearing within published articles—including author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers (when provided), acknowledgements, funding information, and corresponding author contact details—forms part of the permanent scholarly record and may be indexed, archived, and disseminated through international scholarly databases.
Retention of Information
Personal information associated with editorial records, peer review, and published articles may be retained for as long as necessary to preserve the scholarly record, comply with publication ethics, resolve disputes, maintain archival integrity, and satisfy legal or institutional requirements.
User Rights
Users may request to:
- access their personal information;
- update inaccurate information;
- correct incomplete records;
- modify account information where applicable;
- request deletion of personal data when such deletion does not conflict with publication ethics, legal obligations, or the integrity of the scholarly record.
Requests will be evaluated in accordance with applicable institutional policies and publishing standards.
Publication Ethics
The journal processes personal information only for legitimate editorial purposes and in accordance with internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, research integrity, and responsible scholarly communication.
Privacy practices support transparent editorial management while preserving the confidentiality required during manuscript evaluation.
Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically to reflect improvements in editorial practices, technological developments, institutional requirements, or changes in applicable regulations.
The most recent version published on the journal website shall supersede previous versions.
Contact
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information may be directed to the Editorial Office.
Journal of Rural Development and Applied Technology (JRDAT)
Center for Rural Areas Empowerment (P2D)
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jalan Ganesha No. 10
Bandung 40132
Indonesia
Email: p2d@office.itb.ac.id