Privacy Statement
Russkaya starina respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and visitors to its website and is committed to protecting personal information provided through the journal's website and editorial processes. This Privacy Statement explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected in connection with the journal and its website, ejournal15.com.
The journal may collect personal information voluntarily provided by users, including names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, contact details, professional information, and other information necessary for manuscript submission, editorial correspondence, peer review, publication, and other legitimate journal-related activities. Information may also be collected when users contact the editorial office, submit manuscripts, register or interact with the website, or participate in journal-related activities.
Personal information is used primarily to administer the journal's editorial and publishing activities. This may include processing manuscript submissions, communicating with authors and reviewers, coordinating peer review, providing editorial decisions and revision requests, maintaining publication records, responding to enquiries, and improving the functionality and academic services of the journal. Personal information will not be used for purposes unrelated to the journal's legitimate activities without appropriate justification or consent where required.
Information relating to authors and published articles may appear in the journal's publicly accessible publications where necessary for scholarly communication. Such information may include author names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, keywords, and other bibliographic details normally associated with academic publication. Reviewers' identities and confidential review information will be handled in accordance with the journal's applicable peer-review procedures and will not be disclosed except where appropriate or required by applicable policies or law.
The journal takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse. Access to confidential editorial information is limited to individuals who require such information for legitimate editorial, peer-review, technical, or publishing purposes.
The journal may use standard website technologies, such as cookies or similar technical mechanisms, to support website functionality, security, performance, and user experience. Users may manage cookie preferences through their browser settings, although disabling certain technologies may affect some website functions.
The journal does not knowingly seek to collect sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for editorial or publishing activities. Users are encouraged to avoid submitting confidential or unnecessary personal information through general communication channels.
Personal information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil legitimate editorial, administrative, scholarly, legal, or archival purposes. Published scholarly records may be maintained as part of the permanent academic record of the journal.
Where third-party services are used to support website hosting, manuscript processing, communication, indexing, analytics, or other journal functions, relevant information may be processed by those service providers in accordance with their applicable privacy practices. The journal expects such services to handle information responsibly and only for legitimate operational purposes.
Users who have questions concerning the handling of their personal information or wish to request clarification regarding information held by the journal may contact the editorial team through the contact information provided on the journal website.
Russkaya starina may update this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in its editorial practices, website functionality, applicable requirements, or publishing procedures. Any updated version will be made available through the journal website.
