Privacy Statement

Jurnal Lontara: Literasi Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of the journal website. Personal information collected through this website is used only for legitimate journal management, editorial, peer-review, publication, communication, security, and scholarly recordkeeping purposes.

Information Collected

The journal may collect information provided directly by users, including names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, usernames, passwords, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, biographical statements, areas of expertise, submitted manuscripts, review reports, editorial correspondence, and other information required for journal activities.

The website may also collect technical information automatically, such as Internet Protocol addresses, browser type, device information, access times, referring pages, cookies, session data, and server logs necessary for security, authentication, system operation, and service improvement.

Purposes of Processing

Personal information may be used to:

  • create and manage user accounts;
  • receive, evaluate, review, edit, publish, and archive manuscripts;
  • communicate with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers;
  • assign reviewers and manage editorial workflows;
  • verify identity, authorship, affiliation, and conflicts of interest;
  • generate article metadata, author profiles, and publication records;
  • maintain website security and prevent misuse;
  • comply with ethical, legal, institutional, and scholarly recordkeeping obligations; and
  • improve journal services and website functionality.

Public Information

Information intentionally included in published articles or public journal pages may become publicly available. This may include author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, biographies, article metadata, editorial team information, and reviewer acknowledgments. Email addresses and telephone numbers are not normally published unless the individual has consented or the information is required for an official journal contact.

Confidentiality of Peer Review

The journal applies double-blind peer review. Reviewer identities and confidential review materials are protected from unauthorized disclosure. Editors, reviewers, and journal staff must treat submitted manuscripts, review reports, and editorial communications as confidential.

Disclosure to Service Providers

Personal information may be processed by authorized service providers when necessary for journal operations, including website hosting, email delivery, data backup, security, similarity checking through Turnitin, and other technical or editorial services. Only information necessary for the relevant service should be shared.

Data Retention

Journal records may be retained for as long as necessary to maintain the scholarly record, document editorial decisions, manage published content, resolve disputes, ensure research integrity, and meet legal or institutional requirements. Account information that is no longer required may be corrected, restricted, anonymized, or deleted where technically and legally appropriate.

Cookies

The journal website may use essential cookies and session technologies to support authentication, account access, navigation, security, language preferences, and normal operation of the Open Journal Systems platform. Disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.

Data Security

The journal and publisher take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse. However, no online system can guarantee absolute security.

User Rights and Requests

Users may request access to, correction of, or clarification regarding their personal information. Requests for deletion or restriction will be considered in accordance with technical feasibility, scholarly recordkeeping requirements, publication ethics, contractual obligations, and applicable law.

No Sale of Personal Information

The journal does not sell personal information to advertisers or other third parties.

Policy Updates

This Privacy Statement may be updated when journal practices, technologies, services, or applicable requirements change. The latest version will be published on the journal website.

Contact

Questions or requests concerning privacy may be directed to:

Jurnal Lontara: Literasi Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran
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South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Email: jurnallontara@gmail.com
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