Privacy Policy
1. Introduction and Contact Information
Who we are: We are the International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management (IJSREM), an open-access journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in engineering and management. We operate under the Integrated Publishing Association.
Our commitment to privacy: At IJSREM, we are deeply committed to protecting your privacy. We understand the importance of safeguarding your personal information and aim to be transparent about how we collect, use, and share your data.
Contact Information: For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at: Email: editor@ijsrem.com
While we do have a public physical address for direct inquiries, general correspondence can be directed to the Integrated Publishing Association if needed.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information to operate our journal effectively, facilitate communication, and provide a functional website experience, which includes serving relevant advertisements.
Information you provide directly:
- When submitting an article or registering:
- Full Name
- Email Address
- Affiliation (if collected for publication purposes like department, Stream)
- Contact details (phone number, mailing address, if applicable and collected specifically for communication regarding submissions)
- When contacting us: Your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Information collected automatically (via cookies and tracking technologies):
When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected to help us understand how our site is used, improve its functionality, and serve advertisements. This data is primarily for website functionality, analytics, and serving ads.
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring URL
- Device information (type, unique identifiers)
3. How We Use Your Information (Purpose of Processing)
We use the information we collect strictly for communication purposes, journal operations, and to support the functionality of our website.
Strictly for Communication and Journal Operations:
- To process and manage your article submissions, including facilitating peer review and publication.
- To communicate with you regarding your submissions, account, and any inquiries you make.
- To send you essential updates and announcements directly related to the journal’s operations or your published work.
- To provide technical support and respond to your requests.
- To maintain and improve the functionality, security, and performance of our website.
- To analyze website usage (using anonymized data) to understand user behavior and improve our services.
Explicitly stating what we do not do:
- We do not use your personal data for direct marketing campaigns unrelated to the journal or for any commercial purposes beyond the operation of our open-access publishing model.
- We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for their marketing purposes.
4. How We Share Your Information (Third-Party Disclosure – Crucial for Google Ads)
We may share your information with certain third parties to operate our website, perform services on our behalf, and display advertisements, all in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
With Service Providers:
- Our website hosting provider (Hostgator, VPS Hosting – https://www.hostgator.in/) for website operation.
- Email communication service provider we use GOOGLE WORKSPACE.
- Analytics providers – Google Analytics for anonymized traffic analysis, clearly stating data collected is anonymized.
With Google for Advertising:
We use Google Adwords to display our advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and/or other sites on the Internet. This means Google may collect certain data about your Browse activity on our site.
This data collection and processing by Google is governed by Google’s own Privacy Policy. To understand how Google uses data when you use our site, please visit their policy here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Users can control their Google Ad personalization settings by visiting Google’s Ad Settings: https://myadcenter.google.com/
For Legal Reasons:
We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental requests.
In Case of Business Transfer:
In the event that IJSREM, this website, or a related asset or line of business is acquired by, transferred to, or merged with another company, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the successful operation of the journal, managing published content (e.g., author details linked to articles are retained indefinitely as part of the scholarly record), and to comply with our legal obligations.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at editor@ijsrem.com.
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can request corrections to your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request the deletion of your personal data. Please note that for published scholarly works, author details linked to articles cannot be erased as they form part of the permanent scholarly record.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You can request that we limit the way we use your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit that data to another controller.
- Right to Object: You can object to certain types of processing of your personal data.
7. Cookies Policy
What are cookies:
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.
How we use them:
We use cookies for several purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionalities like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
- Analytics Cookies: We use cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as the pages they visit most often and if they receive error messages. This helps us to improve how our website works. The data collected is anonymized.
- Advertising Cookies: As mentioned in Section 4, we use Google AdSense, which utilizes cookies to display personalized advertisements based on your Browse activity on our site and other websites.
How users can manage them:
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also block cookies altogether, but please note that this may affect the functionality of our website and your ability to access certain features.
For more detailed control over Google’s advertising cookies, please visit Google’s Ad Settings: https://myadcenter.google.com/
Consent: By continuing to use our site, you consent to our use of cookies, including for advertising purposes, as described in this Privacy Policy.
8. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include using SSL encryption for data in transit, maintaining secure server environments, and implementing strict access controls for our employees and service providers.
9. International Data Transfers
Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than India where our service providers are located. We ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Updated on 30/06/2025 at 11:44 AM