IJCRCST is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect when you use our website, manuscript submission system, and editorial services, and how we use, safeguard, and manage that information.

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that is necessary for the functioning of an academic journal. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Author Data: Names, affiliations, email addresses, phone numbers, and ORCID identifiers submitted during the manuscript submission process.
• Reviewer Data: Names, academic designations, areas of expertise, and contact details collected during the reviewer registration process.
• Usage Data: Non-personally identifiable information such as IP addresses, browser types, and pages visited, collected via standard analytics tools to improve website performance.

2. How We Use Your Information

The personal data collected is used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal:

• To process, review, and publish submitted manuscripts.
• To communicate with authors regarding their submission status, peer review feedback, and post-publication indexing.
• To display author names, affiliations, and contact emails on published articles to facilitate academic networking and citation attribution.
• To manage and assign peer-review tasks to registered reviewers.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

IJCRCST will never sell, rent, or distribute your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. Data will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party, except when required by law or as necessary to provide publishing services (e.g., submitting metadata to indexing databases like CrossRef for DOI assignment).

4. Data Security

We implement robust security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, manuscript files, and data stored on our servers. Access to the manuscript submission system and reviewer databases is strictly limited to authorized editorial staff.