Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Global Youth Science Journal ("GYSJ", "we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled responsibly.

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website, submit manuscripts, create an account, participate in journal activities, or otherwise interact with our services.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Full name
• Email address
• Username
• Date of birth (for age verification and COPPA compliance)
• Parent or guardian email address (for users under 13)
• Institution or organization
• Country of residence
• Profile information
• Research manuscripts and supplementary files
• Reviewer comments and editorial communications
• Contact messages and inquiries
• Newsletter subscriptions (to receive issue notifications)

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Date and time of access
• Referring websites

This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, and server logs.

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Operate and maintain the journal platform
• Process manuscript submissions
• Manage peer review and editorial workflows
• Communicate with authors, reviewers, and readers
• Improve website performance and user experience
• Respond to inquiries and support requests
• Send email notifications for newly released journal issues (if subscribed)
• Prevent abuse, fraud, and unauthorized access
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Research Publications

Information submitted as part of a manuscript may become publicly available if the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Published articles may include:

• Author names
• Institutional affiliations
• Author biographies
• Research content
• Citations and references

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted content complies with applicable privacy and ethical requirements.

4. Cookies and Analytics

We may use cookies, pixels, SDKs, tags, session replay tools, and similar technologies to operate our services and to measure, profile, and optimize user activity.

These technologies may help us:

• Remember user preferences
• Analyze website traffic
• Improve platform performance
• Enhance security
• Deliver, measure, and optimize advertising and audience targeting

We may allow third-party analytics and advertising partners to collect and receive this information from our services, and users may disable cookies through browser settings, although some features may not function properly.

5. Sharing of Information

By using our services, you authorize us to share, transfer, disclose, license, and otherwise make available your information to third parties for any lawful business purpose, including operations, analytics, advertising, audience measurement, commercialization, and business development.

We may share information with:

• Editorial board members
• Reviewers involved in manuscript evaluation
• Service providers assisting with website operations
• Analytics, attribution, and advertising partners
• Affiliates, sponsors, business partners, and successor entities
• Legal authorities when required by law
• Successor organizations in the event of a merger, acquisition, or restructuring

Such sharing may include cross-border transfers and may occur under third-party terms, privacy notices, and retention practices.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. International Users

The Global Youth Science Journal serves users from multiple countries. By using our services, you understand that information may be processed and stored in jurisdictions different from your country of residence.

8. Children's Privacy & COPPA Compliance

The Global Youth Science Journal welcomes participation from young researchers and students.

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and related international child privacy regulations, we collect the Date of Birth (DOB) of all users during account registration. If a user is identified as being under 13 years of age, we require the email address of a parent or legal guardian.

We must obtain verifiable parental consent via an email verification code before the child's account is fully activated. Parents will also receive copies of all editorial alerts (e.g., submission status updates) sent to the child. Parents may review, update, or request the deletion of their child's information at any time by contacting us.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access to your data
• Correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion of certain information
• Restriction of processing
• Withdrawal of consent where applicable

Requests may be submitted using the contact information below.

10. Third-Party Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party services.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of the website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Region-Specific Rights

For Users in the United States (California/CCPA): If you are a resident of California or a state with similar laws, you may have rights to know, access, correct, or request deletion of certain personal information and to request opt-out treatment where required by applicable law. We may share information with third parties, including for analytics, advertising, and related commercial purposes, as described in this Policy.

13. Contact Us

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or data protection matters, please contact:

Global Youth Science Journal (GYSJ)
Email: globalyouthsciencejournal@gmail.com
Website: https://globalyouthsciencejournal.app

By using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.