ISRDO Privacy Policy
We respect your concerns regarding privacy on the
Internet and value the relationship we have with you. This policy outlines our
efforts to protect your privacy, what kind of your data we collect and what we
will do with the collected data. ISRDO is an open access publisher and provides
platforms for open scientific exchange. This Privacy Policy affects all
websites and services that ISRDO provides, including, but not limited to, Sciforum, Preprints, Scilit, Encylcopedia, WSForum .
Protection
of Your Information
All data we collect from you on our websites is protected
against unauthorized access by third parties. We do our utmost to protect your
privacy through the appropriate use of security technologies and physical
safeguards.
While you use our websites, your visits to individual
pages will be tracked and recorded in web server log files (“Log Data”). Log
Data may be used by ISRDO for statistical purposes, to recognize patterns of
usage of the websites, and to improve the structure and content presentation.
The usage information we collect (using HTTP
Cookies) includes referring URLs,
browser and device characteristics, IP address, operating system, as well as
dates and times of website visits.
Via the website, ISRDO may offer via its website third
party services, such as article recommendations, social login, social sharing,
and banners to third party sites. Information which is collected by ISRDO when
you access third party services is processed under this Privacy Policy, while
information collected by third party operators themselves will be governed by
their own privacy policies.
When visiting our website, your browser may produce
pop-up advertisements. These advertisements are produced by other websites you
have previously visited or by third party software installed on your computer.
ISRDO does not authorize, endorse, or recommend products or services contained
in such pop-ups advertisements.
Our websites may use Google Analytics to help us collect
information about how visitors use our sites. We use this information to
compile reports and to help us improve the sites. The cookies collect
information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to a site,
where visitors have navigated to a site from and the pages they visit whilst on
a site.
To view Google’s Privacy Policy, see here.
You can configure your browser to opt out of providing
data to Google Analytics by using the browser add-on provided by Google here.
User Accounts, Registration and Personalized Services
To make use of personalised services, you will have to
register a user account with our websites. During registration we will ask you
to provide some personal information, including, but not limited to, your name,
valid e-mail address, affiliation, postal address, phone number, password,
academic degree, position within your institution or organization, and your
research interests. Some of this information is required to properly set up the
user account for you to use all of ISRDO’s services. ISRDO may use this
information to fulfil our contract with you (e.g. the publication of your
article). Furthermore, ISRDO may also use this information internally, e.g., to
evaluate and improve our business, respond to any questions, requests or
comments you make, for targeted marketing purposes, or to identify and prevent
fraud, claims or other liabilities. ISRDO may contact you by e-mail to draw
your attention to content that might be of interest to you (e.g. new services,
products or publications) and for other advertising. If the personal
information was provided to us by a third party, ISRDO may still use this
information in the same manner as described above. You will have the chance to
opt out of receiving such e-mails by unsubscribing or contacting the ISRDO
customer service at [email protected]
International Transfer of Personal Data
As an international company, ISRDO may transfer your
personal information outside of your country of residence to be stored on our
servers. ISRDO takes steps to ensure your personal information is continued to
be protected wherever it is stored and/or processed.
As a registered user, you can access your account at any
time and make corrections or updates. In accordance with existing data privacy
law, you may request the information that ISRDO holds or processes about you.
On request, we will also provide you with a copy of all personal information
that we possess about you. We will delete this personal information when you
request to deactivate your account. However, some personal information may
remain in storage for a certain period of time in order to comply with our
(legal) obligations and to resolve disputes.
ISRDO may link to other websites not controlled by ISRDO.
Please take note that ISRDO cannot be held responsible or liable for privacy
practices of other websites, nor their services or content.
ISRDO reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at
any time by posting changes without prior notice. Please check this Privacy
Policy periodically for any modifications. Your continued use of any service
following the posting of any changes will mean that you have accepted and
agreed to the changes.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy,
please contact us at [email protected]
