Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement – Journal of Petroleum and Mining (JPM)

The names, affiliations, and email addresses entered in this journal site are used only for the stated purposes of the journal — manuscript handling, peer review, publication, and communication with readers. We do not sell or share personal data for any other purpose.

What we collect

  • Account details: name, affiliation, country, email (optionally ORCID, interests/keywords).
  • Submission and review records and correspondence.
  • Basic technical data (IP address, browser) stored in server logs for security.

How we use your data

  • To manage submissions, peer review, editing, and publication.
  • To send notifications you opt into (e.g., new issue alerts).
  • To generate aggregated, non-identifying usage statistics.

Who can see your data

  • Editors and journal staff for editorial purposes.
  • Reviewers may see anonymized manuscripts and necessary metadata.
  • For published articles, author names/affiliations/emails appear as part of the scholarly record.
  • We do not disclose registration emails to third parties. If we register DOIs, limited metadata may be shared with indexing services (no passwords or private data).

Retention & Security

  • Editorial records are retained as long as necessary for the scholarly record and legal obligations.
  • We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect data.

Cookies

  • OJS uses essential session cookies to keep you logged in and remember preferences. No advertising cookies are used by the journal.

Your Rights

  • You may request correction or deletion of your account data that is not part of the public scholarly record.
  • Contact: Editorial Office – JPM, [email protected], College of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

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