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Privacy Notice and Data Protection

Controller: Insolvation: International Journal of Insolvency & Restructuring Law, operated on Open Journal Systems.

This notice is designed to explain how Insolvation handles personal data in connection with journal access, account registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial administration, publication, platform security, and related communications. Insolvation is an academic journal and retains certain editorial and publication records as necessary to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

1. Personal data we collect

Depending on your role and interaction with the journal, we may collect account/profile details, email address, affiliation, role information, ORCID or similar identifiers, manuscript files, submission metadata, author/reviewer/editor correspondence, editorial and peer-review records, publication metadata, support requests, and necessary technical/security logs such as login, session, IP, and abuse-prevention records.

2. Why we process personal data

We process personal data for journal operations, including account administration, manuscript intake, peer review, editorial decisions, production and publication workflows, indexing and citation metadata distribution, research-integrity and misconduct handling, platform security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, and maintenance of auditable scholarly records.

3. Basis and notice for processing

Where required, Insolvation relies on notice and consent for specific processing. In other cases, processing may be necessary to provide the journal service you request, to communicate with authors/reviewers/editors, to comply with legal obligations, or to protect the integrity and security of the publication workflow. Optional communications, if any, should be separately consented to and can be withdrawn.

4. Data sharing and recipients

Personal data may be accessed by authorized editorial personnel, journal management, reviewers, production/support personnel, trusted hosting or security service providers, and metadata/indexing/registration services where required for legitimate publication workflows. Access is intended to be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant role or service.

5. Cross-border processing

Journal systems, vendors, or support services may process or store data outside your home jurisdiction. Where cross-border processing occurs, Insolvation intends to handle it subject to applicable law and operational safeguards appropriate to the service.

6. Retention

Insolvation retains editorial, review, publication, and record-integrity materials for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the journal and preserve the scholarly record. Technical logs, support correspondence, and ancillary operational records are retained for security, abuse-prevention, troubleshooting, compliance, and legitimate operational needs, and are not intended to be kept longer than reasonably required.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

The journal platform uses essential session and security cookies for authentication, login continuity, and core platform operation. If non-essential analytics or similar tools are introduced later, Insolvation should update this notice and any relevant consent surface accordingly.

8. Your rights and requests

Subject to applicable law and the journal's legitimate record-preservation duties, you may request access to your personal data, correction/update of inaccurate data, erasure of data that is no longer required or lawfully held, withdrawal of consent where processing depends on consent, and grievance redressal in relation to how your data is handled. Some requests may be limited where retention is required for publication integrity, legal compliance, fraud/security prevention, or the preservation of editorial history.

9. Author responsibility for third-party personal data

Authors must not upload unnecessary personal data or sensitive personal data in manuscripts, annexures, datasets, exhibits, or supporting files. Where a submission includes personal data relating to another person, the submitting author is responsible for ensuring there is an appropriate legal basis, permission, or other valid justification for that disclosure and that unnecessary identifying material has been removed where possible.

10. Children's data

This scholarly platform is not intended for children. Users should not submit child-related personal data unless strictly necessary, lawfully justified, and appropriately protected. If inappropriate child-related personal data is identified, the journal may restrict access, seek correction/removal, or take other remediation steps.

11. Security and incident handling

Insolvation uses operational, role-based, and technical measures intended to protect journal data and platform access. Security incidents are handled through internal review, containment, remediation, and, where legally required, notification of affected persons or competent authorities.

12. Policy updates

This notice may be updated to reflect legal, operational, technical, or workflow changes. Material updates will be posted on this page.

13. Privacy contact and grievance route

For privacy, data-rights, or grievance requests, please use the official contact page and include the subject line Privacy / DPDP Request. Identity verification and request clarification may be required before action is taken.