Privacy Policy

TEMALI: Jurnal Pembangunan Sosial is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of all individuals involved in its scholarly publishing activities, including authors, reviewers, editors, and registered users. The journal upholds the principles of transparency, confidentiality, and ethical publishing in accordance with the relevant guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applicable personal data protection regulations.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected through the journal's website and online submission system, including names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, and other relevant contact details, is used exclusively for legitimate scholarly publishing purposes. These purposes include manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, publication management, and communication related to the journal's activities.

2. Confidentiality and Data Protection

The journal is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of personal information and unpublished manuscripts. Access to personal data is restricted to authorized individuals who require such information to perform their editorial, administrative, or technical responsibilities. Appropriate organizational and technical measures are employed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse.

3. Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal information will not be sold, shared for commercial marketing purposes, or disclosed to unauthorized third parties. Information may be shared with authorized service providers or relevant publishing infrastructure services when necessary for legitimate journal operations, subject to applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements. Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law.

4. Editorial and Peer Review Confidentiality

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are treated as confidential documents throughout the editorial and peer review process. Editors, reviewers, and other individuals involved in manuscript evaluation are required to respect the confidentiality of unpublished research and personal information in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and peer review policies.

5. Data Retention and User Rights

Personal information is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill legitimate editorial, publishing, administrative, and recordkeeping purposes, subject to applicable legal requirements. Users may contact the journal's editorial office to request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal information, where permitted by applicable law and consistent with the journal's legitimate recordkeeping obligations.

6. Policy Transparency and Updates

The journal is committed to maintaining transparency regarding the collection, processing, storage, and protection of personal information. This Privacy Policy may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect changes in applicable regulations, publishing practices, and journal management procedures.

Through this policy, TEMALI: Jurnal Pembangunan Sosial seeks to safeguard personal information, maintain trust among contributors and readers, and uphold the principles of confidentiality, accountability, and integrity in scholarly publishing.