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Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Stardom Scientific Journal of Economy and Management Studies respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. This page explains how we handle personal data.

What We Collect

  • Account information: name, institutional affiliation, email address, country, ORCID iD (optional).
  • Manuscript metadata: title, abstract, authorship, affiliations, DOI, dates, decisions.
  • Reviewer activity: review history, response times (kept confidential).
  • Usage data: anonymised page views, downloads, IP-based country-level statistics (no individual tracking).

How We Use Data

  • To operate the submission and peer-review system.
  • To communicate with authors, reviewers, and readers about submissions, decisions, and announcements.
  • To publish article metadata to indexing services (Crossref, CLOCKSS).
  • To improve the journal through aggregated, anonymised analytics.

What We Do Not Do

  • We do not sell personal data.
  • We do not share personal data with advertisers.
  • We do not disclose reviewer identities to authors except as required by editorial process (open or transferable peer review).

Data Sharing

Personal data may be processed by:

  • Our hosting provider (under a data-processing agreement).
  • Plagiarism-detection service (Turnitin) — only manuscript text is shared.
  • DOI registry (Crossref) — only article metadata.

Cookies

The journal uses a minimal set of cookies needed for login sessions and basic analytics. No third-party advertising cookies are set.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you.
  • Correct any inaccurate data.
  • Request deletion of your account (subject to retention requirements for the publication record).
  • Object to specific processing or withdraw consent.

To exercise these rights, contact editor@stardomjournal.org.

Retention

  • Manuscript records are retained for at least 10 years after a final decision.
  • Reviewer records are retained for 5 years after the last review.
  • Account records are retained for as long as the account is active.

Updates

We may update this statement to reflect changes in practice or law. The "Last updated" date below will be revised accordingly.

Last updated: 2026.