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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