Privacy Statement

Purpose of Data Use

The names, email addresses, affiliations, and other personal information entered on this journal website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the Journal of Planner and Development (JPD). These purposes include user registration, manuscript submission, editorial correspondence, peer review, publication processing, journal notifications, indexing, archiving, and other activities directly related to the journal’s scholarly publishing workflow.

Protection of Personal Information

Personal information will not be sold, shared, transferred, or made available to any unrelated third party. Access to user information is limited to authorized journal editors, editorial staff, reviewers, and system administrators only where such access is necessary for the submission, review, editorial decision-making, production, publication, or technical management of the journal.

Published Article Metadata

For published articles, author names, affiliations, email addresses where applicable, ORCID identifiers, article metadata, abstracts, keywords, references, and other publication-related information may be displayed publicly on the journal website, in published issue archives, and in indexing, archiving, and repository services for scholarly communication and citation purposes.

Journal Notifications

The journal may use registered users’ email addresses to send notifications related to submissions, editorial decisions, review requests, published issues, announcements, or other journal-related communications. Users may manage their account information and notification preferences through the journal system by logging in to their account.

Related Journal Policies

This privacy statement should be read together with the journal’s related editorial and publication policies, especially where user data, manuscript records, peer review, authorship, ethical declarations, and publication metadata are involved.

• Journal Policies
• Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
• Peer Review Policy
• Publication Process

Privacy Questions and Contact

The journal is committed to protecting user privacy and using personal information only for legitimate academic, editorial, technical, and publishing purposes. For questions related to privacy or user data, please contact the journal editorial office through the Contact page.