Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Sapience 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 journal's 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. Server logs: legitimate interest in security.

Retention

Account data while active plus two years. Submission records indefinitely as part of the scholarly record. Logs ninety days.

Sharing

Not sold or traded. Shared 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, and complain to your supervisory authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Cookies

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