“Asian Journal of Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies” is committed to protecting the personal data of authors, reviewers, editors, readers and other users involved in the journal's publishing activities.
Personal data collected through the journal's website, submission system or editorial correspondence may include names, institutional affiliations, postal addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, ORCID iDs and other information necessary for manuscript submission, peer review, editorial communication and publication.
Such data are processed only for legitimate purposes related to the operation of the journal, including:
- manuscript submission and editorial management;
- peer review and communication with authors, reviewers and editors;
- publication and attribution of authorship;
- indexing, DOI registration and preparation of bibliographic metadata;
- maintaining the integrity and scholarly record of published articles;
- compliance with applicable legal, ethical and publishing requirements.
Personal data will not be sold or used for unrelated commercial purposes.
Access to non-public personal data is limited to persons and service providers who require such access for legitimate editorial, technical, publishing or legal purposes and who are expected to maintain appropriate confidentiality and data protection standards.
Personal information that forms part of the published scholarly record, such as author names, affiliations, ORCID iDs and correspondence details where provided for publication, may remain publicly available as part of the published article and its bibliographic metadata.
The journal processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
Subject to applicable law, individuals may have rights relating to their personal data, including the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection and data portability. Certain rights may be limited where continued processing or retention of information is necessary to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record, comply with legal obligations or establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that personal data relating to research participants are collected, processed, stored and reported in accordance with applicable ethical and legal requirements. Identifiable information about research participants must not be published without an appropriate lawful and ethical basis, including informed consent where required.
Requests concerning personal data processed by the journal may be submitted to the Editorial Office at info@asianjustice.kz.
