1. Information We Collect

JEIERT may collect information from authors, reviewers, editors, readers, website visitors, and other users when they interact with the journal. This information may include:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, telephone number, institutional affiliation, postal address, country, and other contact information voluntarily provided.
• Author Information: Author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID identifiers, corresponding-author details, biographies, and information associated with manuscript submission and publication.
• Reviewer and Editor Information: Names, affiliations, areas of expertise, contact information, review assignments, editorial communications, and related records.
• Manuscript Information: Submitted manuscripts, supplementary files, revisions, reviewer reports, author responses, editorial decisions, declarations, and correspondence.
• Technical Information: IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, access time, referring pages, and other technical information generated when using the website.
• Cookies: Information collected through cookies or similar technologies where used by the website.

2. How We Use Your Information

Personal information collected by JEIERT may be used for purposes including:

• Receiving, processing, and managing manuscript submissions.
• Conducting editorial screening and peer review.
• Communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers.
• Managing revisions, editorial decisions, and publication workflows.
• Publishing author and article information associated with accepted manuscripts.
• Maintaining the integrity and security of the scholarly record.
• Responding to questions, complaints, appeals, and other enquiries.
• Improving the functionality, security, and performance of the JEIERT website.
• Detecting misuse, fraud, plagiarism, or other publication-integrity concerns.
• Complying with applicable legal, regulatory, ethical, and institutional requirements.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

JEIERT does not sell or rent personal information. Information may, however, be shared when reasonably necessary for legitimate journal and publication activities, including:

• With editors and authorized editorial personnel involved in manuscript handling.
• With peer reviewers as necessary for the journal's peer review process, subject to the journal's confidentiality requirements.
• With service providers supporting website hosting, manuscript processing, email communication, plagiarism screening, DOI registration, indexing, archiving, or other publication-related services, where applicable.
• When required by applicable law, regulation, court order, or other lawful authority.
• When necessary to investigate suspected research misconduct, security incidents, fraud, or violations of journal policies.

4. Peer Review Confidentiality

JEIERT follows a double-blind peer review process. Information associated with unpublished manuscripts, reviewer identities, review reports, editorial discussions, and other confidential peer-review materials will be handled in accordance with the journal's peer review and confidentiality policies.

Reviewers and editors are expected not to disclose or use confidential manuscript information for unauthorized personal, professional, academic, or commercial purposes.

5. Published Information

When a manuscript is accepted and published, certain information becomes part of the public scholarly record. This may include author names, affiliations, corresponding-author contact information where appropriate, ORCID identifiers, article metadata, acknowledgements, funding information, conflict-of-interest declarations, and other publication-related information.

Information forming part of the scholarly record may need to remain publicly available for purposes of citation, attribution, research integrity, indexing, archiving, and preservation.

6. Data Security

JEIERT takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal and publication-related information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or loss. However, no method of electronic transmission or online storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

7. Data Retention

Personal and manuscript-related information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to support editorial processes, maintain publication records, resolve disputes, investigate ethical concerns, meet legal or institutional requirements, and preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law and legitimate scholarly-record requirements, individuals may contact JEIERT regarding their personal information to:

• Request access to personal information held by the journal.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Request deletion of eligible personal information where legally and operationally appropriate.
• Raise concerns regarding the processing or use of their personal information.
• Request clarification regarding the journal's privacy practices.

Certain information associated with published articles, editorial records, research integrity, or legal obligations may not be eligible for deletion.

9. Cookies

The JEIERT website may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functionality, security, performance, and user experience. Users may control or disable cookies through their browser settings; however, disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.

10. Third-Party Links and Services

The JEIERT website may contain links to external websites, indexing platforms, DOI services, repositories, databases, or other third-party services. JEIERT is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites. Users should review the privacy policies of those services separately.

11. Children's Privacy

The JEIERT website and scholarly publication services are intended primarily for researchers, academicians, students, professionals, and other members of the scholarly community. The journal does not knowingly collect personal information from children except where such processing is legally permitted and appropriately authorized.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

JEIERT may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in journal practices, technology, publication procedures, or applicable legal requirements. Any updated version will be posted on this page.