Privacy Statement

Beaconhouse National University – Journals is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of its journal platform.

This Privacy Statement explains how information submitted through the journal website is collected, used, stored, and protected.

1. Information We Collect

When you use this website or submit a manuscript, you may be asked to provide personal information, including:

Name and academic affiliation
Email address and contact information
ORCID or other researcher identifiers
Institutional information
Manuscript and supplementary files
Author biographies and professional information
Information provided during peer review and editorial correspondence

We may also automatically collect limited technical information, such as IP address, browser type, operating system, and website usage information, for security, maintenance, and performance purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

Personal information may be used to:

Process and manage manuscript submissions.
Facilitate peer review and editorial assessment.
Communicate with authors, reviewers, and editors.
Manage user accounts and journal-related activities.
Publish accepted articles and associated author information.
Maintain scholarly and publication records.
Improve the functionality, security, and performance of the website.
Comply with applicable legal, institutional, and publishing requirements.

Personal information will not be used for unrelated purposes without appropriate authorization.

3. Manuscript and Publication Information

Information contained in manuscripts and published articles may become publicly available when an article is accepted and published. This may include authors' names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, biographies, acknowledgements, and other information included in the published article.

Users should ensure that manuscripts do not contain confidential or personally identifiable information about third parties unless appropriate permission has been obtained.

4. Peer Review Confidentiality

The journal respects the confidentiality of the peer-review process. Information relating to reviewers, editorial assessments, reviewer comments, and editorial decisions will be handled confidentially and will not be disclosed except where required for legitimate editorial, scholarly, legal, or ethical purposes.

5. Cookies and Technical Data

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to maintain user sessions, provide essential website functionality, improve security, and understand general website usage.

Users may configure their browser to restrict or disable cookies; however, some website functions may not operate properly as a result.

6. Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore understand that information transmitted online may carry inherent security risks.

7. Disclosure of Information

Personal information will not ordinarily be sold, rented, or shared for commercial marketing purposes.

Information may be disclosed when necessary for:

Providing journal and publishing services.
Maintaining and securing the journal platform.
Meeting legal or regulatory obligations.
Protecting the rights, safety, and security of the university, users, or the website.
Supporting legitimate scholarly and publishing activities.

Where third-party services are used to support journal operations, information will be shared only to the extent reasonably necessary for those services.

8. Data Retention

Personal and publication-related information may be retained for as long as necessary to administer the journal, maintain scholarly records, preserve publication history, comply with institutional or legal requirements, and support the integrity of the academic record.

Published scholarly records may be retained permanently as part of the journal's academic archive.

9. Third-Party Websites and Services

The journal website may contain links to external websites, databases, indexing services, institutional websites, or other third-party platforms. Beaconhouse National University – Journals is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

10. Children's Privacy

The journal platform is intended primarily for academic, research, and professional users. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children without appropriate authorization.

11. Your Rights

Subject to applicable laws and institutional policies, users may request information about the personal data held about them and may request correction of inaccurate or outdated information.

Certain information associated with the scholarly record, including published articles and necessary editorial records, may be retained where required to preserve the integrity and permanence of academic publishing.

12. Changes to This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically to reflect changes in the journal's practices, technology, legal requirements, or institutional policies. Any updated version will be posted on this website with the revised effective date.

13. Contact

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or the handling of personal information through the journal platform, please contact:

Beaconhouse National University – Journals
Beaconhouse National University
Lahore, Pakistan

Website: https://journals.bnu.edu.pk/

Effective Date: October 2026