Privacy Statement

Hikmah respects the privacy of the people who interact with the journal. Complies with the UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and equivalents.

Data controller

Dr Mahmood Ul-Hassan Ahmad (GMC 6071047) is the data controller. Correspondence via the Contact page.

What we collect

Account: name, email, country, affiliation, optional ORCID/bio/photo. Submissions: manuscript files and co-author details. Reviewing: interests and review content. Server logs: IP, browser, pages accessed.

Lawful basis

Consent and legitimate interest in operating a scholarly journal.

Retention

Account data while active plus two years. Submission records indefinitely. Logs ninety days.

Sharing

Not sold or traded. Shared only with reviewers, editors, indexing services (Crossref, DOAJ, PMC, ORCID, PKP PN, Internet Archive), hosting sub-processors, or where compelled by law.

Your rights

Access, rectify, erase (subject to scholarly-record exemption), restrict, object, data portability, complain to your supervisory authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Cookies

Hikmah uses only essential session and authentication cookies. No third-party tracking, advertising, or analytics cookies.