The International Journal of Developmental Biology ("we" or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We may collect, use and store different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.
We use your personal or aggregated data only for the purposes of providing our services as a scientific journal, including the publication and dissemination of scientific articles and related content, and we will not share it with third parties for any commercial purposes.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
We will not use your personal data for marketing purposes, nor will we sell or rent your personal data to third parties for their marketing purposes.
If you have provided us with your email address, we may send you emails about our scientific journal, including news, updates, and promotional offers, but only if you have given us your explicit consent to do so.
Our website may use cookies and other similar technologies to enhance user experience and personalize content and advertising. A cookie is a small file that is placed on your device when you visit our website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website. We may also use similar technologies, such as web beacons or pixels, which allow us to track user activity on our website and gather information about how users interact with our content and advertising.
We take reasonable measures to protect information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no data transmission over the internet or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, please contact us.
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need your personal information, we will securely dispose of it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law.
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our data practices. Your continued use of our website and services after the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy means that you accept such changes.
Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [insert contact information]. We will do our best to address your concerns and resolve any issues you may have.
We are committed to complying with all applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union, as well as any other relevant international data protection regulations. We take the privacy and security of your personal information seriously and have implemented measures to ensure compliance with these laws. If you have any questions or concerns about our data protection practices, please contact us.
