Privacy Statement

Journal of Laboratory Analysis (JLAS) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of the journal website. Personal information collected through the journal's Online Journal System (OJS) is used solely for legitimate journal-related purposes.

Personal information may include, but is not limited to, names, affiliations, email addresses, contact information, usernames, and other information voluntarily provided during registration, manuscript submission, peer review, and publication.

Use of Personal Information

The information collected by JLAS may be used for the following purposes:

  1. To manage user registration and accounts.
  2. To process and manage manuscript submissions.
  3. To communicate with authors, reviewers, editors, and other journal users.
  4. To conduct the peer-review and editorial processes.
  5. To publish article metadata and author information where appropriate.
  6. To provide journal-related announcements and notifications.
  7. To maintain the security, integrity, and functionality of the journal's OJS platform.
  8. To comply with applicable legal, ethical, and administrative requirements.

Confidentiality

JLAS will make reasonable efforts to protect personal information and will not disclose personal information to unauthorized third parties except where disclosure is necessary for legitimate journal operations, required by law, or necessary to address ethical or publication-related matters.

Information submitted as part of the peer-review process will be treated confidentially in accordance with the journal's peer-review policy.

Publicly Available Information

Certain information associated with published articles, such as authors' names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, and other publication metadata, may be made publicly available on the journal website.

Authors should be aware that information included in published articles may be accessible to readers and indexing services.

Data Security

JLAS takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.

However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Third-Party Services

JLAS may use third-party services or platforms that support journal operations, website functionality, indexing, archiving, analytics, or other legitimate publishing activities. Where applicable, such services may process limited information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable regulations.

Retention of Information

Personal information will be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to support journal administration, publication records, academic communication, and other legitimate journal purposes, or as required by applicable regulations.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

JLAS reserves the right to update this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in journal practices, technology, legal requirements, or other relevant circumstances.

Any significant changes will be communicated through the journal website where appropriate.