Privacy Statement
Jurnal Hurriah: Jurnal Evaluasi Pendidikan dan Penelitian (Journal of Educational Evaluation and Research) respects the privacy of its authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Personal information provided to the journal is used for the administration, peer review, publication, and preservation of scholarly work, and for related journal communications.
Personal information is handled responsibly and is never sold, rented, or disclosed for unrelated marketing or commercial purposes.
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1. Information Provided to the Journal
Information provided through registration, submission, peer review, or correspondence may include:
?Full names, institutional email addresses, affiliations, and countries.
?Academic identifiers such as ORCID iDs, research interests, and professional profiles.
?Submitted manuscripts, peer-review reports, conflict-of-interest declarations, and editorial correspondence.
?Billing details and payment confirmations, where administrative or publication fees apply.
Users should provide accurate information and avoid submitting unnecessary personal identification documents, passwords, or sensitive data unrelated to the publishing process. Authors who submit on behalf of co-authors must ensure that all co-authors know about the submission and the intended use of their information.
2. Purposes of Use
Personal information is used only as necessary to:
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Accounts and records
Create and manage user accounts and manuscript tracking records.2
Communication
Facilitate communication between authors, handling editors, and peer reviewers about manuscripts and assignments.3
Peer review and integrity
Administer the double-blind review workflow, authorship checks, competing-interest declarations, and research-integrity concerns.4
Publication and discovery
Prepare accepted articles and their metadata for publication, indexing, discovery, and preservation.5
Fees and finance
Administer applicable publication fees and maintain related financial records.6
Security and notifications
Maintain website functionality and security, and send essential journal notifications.Declining optional communications does not affect the assessment of a manuscript or access to published articles.
3. Information Published with Articles
Publishing scholarly research makes certain author information public. Published metadata normally includes:
- Author names, institutional affiliations, and countries.
- Contributor role statements (CRediT) and the designated corresponding author's contact address.
- Funding acknowledgements and competing-interest declarations.
- ORCID iDs, where provided.
Authors should review these details before publication and tell the editor about any privacy or safety concerns. Private telephone numbers, residential addresses, and other unnecessary personal identifiers should not be included in manuscripts.
Published articles and metadata may be distributed to discovery, indexing, identifier-registration, and preservation services (see Electronic Archiving). Public information may therefore be searchable and retained outside the journal website.
Public
Information intended for publication forms part of the scholarly record.Not made public
Account credentials, private editorial correspondence, and confidential review materials do not become public because an article is published.4. Confidentiality and Necessary Disclosure
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Editorial confidentiality
Access to unpublished manuscripts, reviewer identities, and private correspondence is limited to authorised editorial personnel and reviewers who need it. Editors and reviewers must treat submission materials as confidential.2
Double-blind review
Author identities are shielded during review in accordance with the Peer Review Process. Authors must remove identifying details from files sent to reviewers.3
Necessary disclosure
Limited information may be shared with authorised publishing service providers, institutional administrators, or research-integrity bodies, and where legally required. Only information relevant to the purpose is shared, with appropriate confidentiality safeguards.4
Research participants
Authors must protect participants' personal information and obtain proper informed consent for identifiable material. Sensitive raw data must not be placed in public supplementary files without a justified basis and safeguards.5
AI services
Confidential manuscripts, reviewer identities, personal information, and review materials must not be uploaded to external AI services, in line with the journal's AI Policy.5. External Services and Website Technologies
The journal website may use session cookies and technical logs to support sign-in, navigation, and security. Depending on the service, technical information may include IP addresses, browser types, access times, and pages requested.
External forms, visitor counters, embedded resources, and linked services may process information under their own privacy notices, which users should review before providing personal information. Journal-related information collected through external forms remains subject to the purposes stated in this statement.
Users can manage cookies through their browser settings. Blocking cookies or external resources may affect some website functions.
6. Security and Retention
Security The journal and its technical administrators apply appropriate access controls and safeguards to non-public information. Users must protect their passwords and promptly report suspected unauthorised access.
Retention Personal information is retained only as long as necessary for its editorial, financial, dispute-resolution, or legal purposes. Information no longer needed is securely deleted or anonymised where appropriate.
Permanent record Published articles and core publication metadata are preserved as part of the scholarly record. Closing an account does not remove published authorship information, articles, or records needed to document editorial decisions.
7. Privacy Requests and Contact
Users may contact the editorial office through the Contact page to:
?Ask how their information is used.
?Request correction of inaccurate details.
?Change communication preferences.
?Request account closure or deletion of information that is no longer needed.
The journal may ask for proportionate verification of identity before acting on a request. Requests are assessed in light of confidentiality, editorial accountability, the integrity of the published record, and applicable requirements. Where a request cannot be fully met, the journal will explain why and describe any available alternative.
Concerns about exposure of confidential information should be reported promptly. Give enough information to identify the issue without sending further unnecessary sensitive data.
This statement will be updated when relevant information-handling practices change, and material changes will be communicated to affected users as appropriate.
