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Privacy Policy
How The Researchers Journal Group collects, uses, and protects your personal data. Last updated: January 2025.
1. Information We Collect
When you register on our OJS platform, submit a manuscript, or contact us, we collect personal data including your name, email address, institutional affiliation, country of residence, and ORCID iD (where provided). We also collect anonymised usage data through website analytics to improve our services.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use your data to manage manuscript submissions and the peer review process; communicate editorial decisions and correspondence; send journal update bulletins (with your consent); index published articles with CrossRef, DOAJ, and other databases; and improve our platforms and editorial services.
3. Data Sharing
TRJG does not sell or rent personal data to third parties. We share data only with trusted service providers (OJS platform hosting, CrossRef DOI registration, indexing databases) strictly necessary for our publishing operations, under formal data processing agreements.
4. Your Rights
You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data held by TRJG, subject to legal retention requirements. To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@trjgjournals.org.
5. Data Security
TRJG takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. Our OJS platform uses SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmission.
6. Compliance & Contact
Our publisher is based in Nigeria and we comply with applicable Nigerian data protection regulations (NDPR 2019) and aim to meet GDPR standards for international users. For privacy-related enquiries: privacy@trjgjournals.org.
