Privacy Statement

Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab (JATL)

Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab (JATL) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of this journal website. Personal information collected through this website will be used solely for legitimate journal management, editorial, publishing, communication, and scholarly record-keeping purposes.

1. Information We Collect

JATL may collect personal and professional information provided by users when registering, submitting a manuscript, participating in peer review, communicating with the editorial office, or using the journal website. This information may include:

• Identity information, including name and preferred form of address.
• Contact information, including email address, telephone number, and mailing address where applicable.
• Professional information, including institutional affiliation, department, country, academic qualifications, ORCID iD, and areas of expertise.
• Submission information, including manuscripts, supplementary files, author metadata, declarations, correspondence, and editorial decisions.
• Peer-review information, including reviewer reports, recommendations, editorial comments, and review history.
• Technical information, such as IP address, browser information, access logs, and website usage data collected by the publishing platform.

2. Purposes of Data Processing

Personal information may be processed for the following purposes:

• Managing user accounts and access to the journal system.
• Receiving, screening, reviewing, editing, and publishing manuscripts.
• Communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers.
• Selecting reviewers based on their qualifications and subject expertise.
• Maintaining the integrity and continuity of the scholarly publishing record.
• Registering and disseminating article metadata through DOI agencies, indexing services, repositories, libraries, and preservation systems.
• Generating aggregate statistics and improving journal services.
• Investigating suspected ethical violations, research misconduct, or misuse of the journal system.
• Meeting applicable institutional, legal, archival, accreditation, and publishing requirements.

3. Publicly Available Information

Information associated with published articles may become part of the permanent public scholarly record. This may include:

• Author names and institutional affiliations.
• Corresponding author contact information where displayed in the published article.
• ORCID iDs and other researcher identifiers.
• Article titles, abstracts, keywords, references, funding information, and other publication metadata.
• Statements concerning authorship, contributions, conflicts of interest, research data, and funding where applicable.

Published information may be distributed to Crossref, indexing and abstracting services, search engines, repositories, libraries, preservation networks, and other scholarly information systems.

4. Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Peer Review

Unpublished manuscripts, peer-review reports, reviewer identities, editorial correspondence, and other confidential materials will be handled in accordance with the journal’s editorial and peer-review policies.

JATL applies a double-anonymous peer-review process. The journal will take reasonable measures to protect the identities of authors and reviewers during review. Confidential information must not be disclosed or used for personal advantage by editors, reviewers, or other persons involved in the editorial process.

5. Disclosure and Sharing of Information

JATL does not sell, rent, or trade users’ personal information. Information may be shared only when necessary with:

• Editors, reviewers, authors, and authorized journal personnel involved in the publishing process.
• Mulawarman University personnel responsible for maintaining the journal platform and infrastructure.
• DOI registration agencies, indexing services, repositories, libraries, and digital preservation services.
• Service providers used for similarity checking, email delivery, analytics, hosting, or technical maintenance.
• Authorized institutions or public authorities when disclosure is required by law or necessary to investigate suspected misconduct.

Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose will be shared.

6. Third-Party Services

The journal website may contain links to or use services operated by third parties, including DOI services, indexing databases, plagiarism-detection systems, visitor statistics services, and external document-hosting platforms. These third parties may process information under their respective privacy policies. JATL is not responsible for the privacy practices of independently operated external websites.

7. Cookies and Usage Data

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to maintain user sessions, support account authentication, remember user preferences, improve system functionality, prevent misuse, and generate website usage statistics. Users may manage cookies through their browser settings; however, disabling essential cookies may affect certain journal functions.

8. Data Retention

Personal and editorial data will be retained for as long as necessary to manage journal operations, document the editorial and peer-review process, maintain the scholarly record, investigate ethical concerns, and comply with applicable institutional, legal, accreditation, and archival obligations. Published metadata may be retained indefinitely as part of the permanent scholarly record.

9. Data Security

JATL and Mulawarman University take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, disclosure, or misuse. Nevertheless, no internet-based information system can guarantee absolute security.

10. User Rights and Requests

Subject to applicable requirements and the need to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record, registered users may request:

• Access to personal information associated with their account.
• Correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Updating of profile and contact information.
• Deactivation of an account or deletion of information that is no longer required.
• Clarification regarding how their personal information is processed.

Some information may not be removed when its retention is necessary to preserve published articles, publication metadata, peer-review records, ethical investigations, or other legitimate journal records.

11. Privacy of Children

The journal’s services are intended for researchers, authors, reviewers, editors, students, and readers participating in scholarly communication. JATL does not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate authorization.

12. Changes to This Privacy Statement

JATL may revise this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in journal practices, technology, institutional requirements, or applicable regulations. The latest version will be published on this website.

Privacy Contact

Questions, correction requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement may be submitted to:

Editorial Office of Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab
Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University
Kampus Gunung Kelua, Jl. Pasir Belengkong, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Email: jurnalagroteknologi@faperta.unmul.ac.id