1. Introduction
Journal of Medical and Surgical Allied ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
2. Information We Collect
Personal Data
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Register for an author or reviewer account
- Submit a manuscript
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Contact our editorial office for support
- Participate in surveys or promotions
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing behavior.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and maintain our manuscript submission system
- Process and track your manuscript submissions
- Communicate with authors, reviewers, and editors
- Send you updates about the journal and calls for papers
- Respond to your inquiries and provide support
- Improve our website and user experience
- Comply with legal and ethical obligations in academic publishing
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website, including the submission system.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information, especially manuscript data and peer review communications. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Third-Party Services
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (such as plagiarism detection tools), provide services on our behalf, or assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated to maintain confidentiality.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal information held by the journal
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of your account information
- Object to processing of your information
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Request a copy of your manuscript history
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our editorial office:
- info@jmsa.com
- +92 331 8008377
- Office No. A.2, Medizone, Dabgari Garden, Peshawar, Pakistan