Privacy Statement
PRIVACY STATEMENT
The International Journal of Biomedical Image Intelligence (IJBII), published by Prime Crest Publishers, is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and appropriate use of personal information provided through this journal website.
Information We Collect
Personal information collected through the journal may include:
- Names
- Email addresses
- Institutional affiliations
- Contact information
- Researcher identifiers such as ORCID
- User account information
- Manuscript and submission information
- Peer-review and editorial information
- Correspondence and other information provided during registration, submission, review or editorial activities
The journal may also collect limited technical information necessary for website operation, security, authentication and system administration.
How Information Is Used
Personal information is collected and used only for legitimate scholarly publishing, editorial and administrative purposes, including:
- Managing user accounts and journal registration
- Processing manuscript submissions
- Communicating with authors, reviewers and editors
- Coordinating peer review and editorial decisions
- Preparing accepted manuscripts for publication
- Maintaining the scholarly and administrative record of the journal
- Sending journal-related notifications and announcements where applicable
- Supporting website security, system administration and technical operation
- Protecting the integrity of the publication process
Personal information will not be sold or used for unrelated commercial purposes.
Access to Personal Information
Access to non-public personal, manuscript and editorial information is limited to authorised individuals who require such access for legitimate editorial, publishing, administrative or technical purposes.
This may include editors, reviewers, journal staff, authorised technical personnel and service providers supporting the journal's publishing infrastructure.
Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Peer Review
Information relating to manuscripts under consideration is treated confidentially in accordance with IJBII's peer-review and publication-ethics policies.
Reviewers, editors and other individuals involved in the editorial process are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, author information, review reports and editorial communications to which they are given access.
Data Retention
IJBII and Prime Crest Publishers may retain information associated with:
- Manuscript submissions
- Peer-review records
- Editorial decisions
- Published articles
- Author and reviewer records
- Publication history
- Administrative and technical records
Information may be retained where reasonably necessary to preserve the integrity, continuity and historical record of the scholarly publishing process, comply with legal or ethical obligations, resolve disputes or protect the journal's legitimate interests.
Cookies and Technical Information
The journal website may use cookies and other standard technical mechanisms necessary for:
- User authentication
- Session management
- Website functionality
- Security
- Usage administration
- Technical maintenance
Essential cookies may be required for proper operation of the journal platform.
Third-Party Service Providers
IJBII and Prime Crest Publishers may use trusted third-party services or technical providers to support journal hosting, email delivery, manuscript processing, digital preservation, indexing, analytics or other publishing functions.
Where such services process personal information on behalf of the journal or publisher, reasonable measures should be taken to ensure that information is handled appropriately and only for legitimate publishing-related purposes.
International Data Processing
Because IJBII operates as an international scholarly journal, personal information may be processed or accessed across different countries where editors, reviewers, service providers or technical infrastructure are located.
Such processing is limited to legitimate scholarly publishing and journal-administration purposes.
Data Security
IJBII and Prime Crest Publishers take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.
User Responsibilities
Users are responsible for ensuring that personal information supplied to the journal is accurate, lawful and appropriate for the intended purpose.
Authors must not submit personal or confidential information concerning research participants unless such disclosure is ethically and legally permitted.
Requests Concerning Personal Information
Users may contact the journal regarding reasonable requests concerning personal information held by IJBII, including requests for correction or clarification.
Requests may be subject to limitations where information must be retained for legal, ethical, scholarly-record or publication-integrity purposes.
Use of Information
Personal information collected through this journal website will be used only for the purposes described in this statement and for purposes reasonably necessary to operate, secure and maintain the scholarly publishing activities of IJBII and Prime Crest Publishers.