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Privacy Policy

Journal Press India ("JPI") is always committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to the privacy of the personal identification information collected by JPI through its website ‘www.journalpressindia.com’. The purpose of our website is to share the knowledge, publish and provide access to a wide selection of journals, articles, research papers, manuscripts or any other publications to the larger audiences comprising research scholars, professors, students, professionals, intellectuals etc. Our website, may also from time to time provide a digital platform or portal for conducting, organising, registering, participating and facilitating various form of educative events, seminar, summits and conferences, and while providing such services, JPI will ensure a safe environment for all of its users and registered members. In order to provide such safe passage we have established a privacy statement ("Privacy Policy or Policy"). This details mutual expectation between us.

This Privacy Policy puts forth our practices regarding collection, storage, use and disclosure of information collected through our website i.e. this Policy is one component within our ongoing commitment to provide our customers with top-notch experience on our website with premium customer services and high quality standards. This policy provides details about our collection, storage and information use of our customers as well as its prospects. This Privacy Policy would be assessed with modern business practices and dynamic market requirements catering to the best levels of changing customer needs.

We may request users of this website to provide any personal information. The information collected directly from a user may include contact information such as the user's name, e-mail address, and current institution or organisation affiliation and designation or any other relevant information such area of specialisation, postal address, contact number etc., which may be necessary for JPI for the purposes of its assessment, facilitation and operations etc.

Further, it is to be noted that by accessing any areas of JPI’s website, users agree to be legally bound and to abide by the terms set forth below. JPI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise this Privacy Policy continued use of this site following posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of such changes.

In order to access certain content on JPI or its website and to make use of all functionality and advanced personalization features of the site, we ask you to register by completing and submitting a registration form. The registration is required to create “User ID” to facilitate the roles of Author, Reviewer and Subscriber. As an ‘Author’ to submit and publish the manuscript, as a ‘Reviewer’ to review the submitted manuscript by the respective authors and as a ‘Subscriber’ to purchase the respective Journals or Articles available for sale on the website. Also for Conferences /Seminars, likewise events etc., the participants are required to ‘Register’ separately on the website for the respective event.

Automatic Collection of Information

The JPI’s website automatically collects certain information from your web browser with regard to your usage of the site some of the information collected automatically from all users include the Internet Protocol ("IP") address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; and full Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") click stream data, including date and time, and content you viewed or searched for while you were on the JPI’s website.

This site additionally uses '"cookies" to collect information. Cookies are anonymous, unique alphanumeric identifiers sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. The type of information collected as a result of a cookie being stored on your computer is specific to your computer. "Session" cookies collect information about your use of the Site (e.g., whether you are logged in) and to give you a more personalized browsing experience and help you navigate the Site more efficiently from page to page. These cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. "Persistent" cookies gather statistical information about repeat usage from your computer or workstation. Cookies generally do not contain personally identifiable information, but when you furnish your personal information through the Site, this information may be linked to any other data stored in cookies sent to your browser from the Site.

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze the usage information, for reporting, royalties, license fees payments, quality control, site customization and so on.

You may choose to prevent your browser from accepting certain cookies or have the browser take your consent before placing a cookie in your browser. You may also block the cookies altogether by accessing your browser's privacy preferences menu. However, if you block cookies altogether, you may not be able to register, login to the site or make use of the complete features and functionality of the site.

Please note that any information including any form of personal information or uploaded content provided by you or your system to JPI shall not be bound by any of the terms of the non-disclosure of information to any of the statutory authority or for the purposes of research, analysis, education including marketing activities.

How Personal Information Is Used

Personal information provided by you is used for:

• Completion of the activity for which the information was provided.
• Support of the activity such as allowing access, user registration, manuscript submission and review, purchase of products or services, processing or completion of an order, response to website queries, technical support, account information, verification of site activity etc.
• Research and development to evaluate, enhance and improve the site and its functionalities.
• Customizing the content or design of the site.
• To communicate about changes or updates to the site, products, services, special offers, promotions and so on.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

Your personal information provided on the site has restricted access. Employees, agents, representatives, service providers and entities such as institutions, societies or organisation for which we are agents, licensees or publishers gain access to your identifiable information for the purposes mentioned in the policy.

If you are an institution and access the service, then your personal information and certain usage data gathered through the service, such as items viewed, downloaded etc. are tracked for usage analysis, subscription management.

No personal information will be disclosed without the consent of the user except for the purposes otherwise stated in this Policy or otherwise, inter-alia, set-out below:

• In adherence to any of the direction or order of the judicial body, court, tribunal or statutory authority;
• As part of any cooperation towards any of the forensic, social or statutory audit or compliance including any of the investigation or inquiry conducted by any of the professional body or legal body or investigative agency;
• As part of legal due diligence conducted by any of the potential buyer/investor or agency or their consultants appointed by such potential buyers/investor of JPI;
• Any future buyer or acquirer of JPI.

Access and Changes to Your Registration Information and Preferences

A user can edit the information provided at registration to correct or update the information at any time. The responsibility of providing accurate information lies with the user. JPI do not hold any responsibility or accountability or authencity of any personal information provided by its user on its website and shall in no case shall be held responsible for the acts of its users.

We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Site whenever necessary.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may contract with third-party advertisers or their agents or service providers who could post on the site banner advertisements, which may link to other websites not under our control. These sites could use cookies, "web beacons" or clear .gifs, or similar technologies to collect and use user data to measure the effectiveness of their ads or deliver relevant marketing messages and advertisements. Use of these technologies by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials offered from such third parties.

Retention of Personal Information

The personal information provided for registration is retained as long as it is relevant to our business, research or technical purposes.

Payments

If you make a payment through our sites for a service you will be redirected to Razorpay payment gateway. All collection of debit or credit card information is done through Razorpay and then shared back with us for the purpose of verifying that the payment has been successful. When you enter sensitive information (such as debit or credit card number) on our vendor’s site, the transmission of that information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

Our Commitment to Data Security

All personal information collected is maintained with utmost confidentiality and protected against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alteration on best effort basis.

About This Privacy Policy

This is the current Privacy Policy of the website is last updated and uploaded on 3rd March’2020. We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time without any prior notice or cause, at the sole discretion of JPI.

Questions, Complaints, and Dispute Resolution

If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact:

All disputes under this Privacy Policy will be resolved by JPI IT / Data Security Team using commercially reasonable efforts to promptly investigate and correct any problem.

Any dispute arising between the user or any other person with JPI shall have the jurisdiction of Delhi, India only.