Privacy Policy

5. Privacy & Data Protection

UFCP is committed to handling personal information responsibly and protecting the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, conference participants, research partners, and platform users.

5.1 Information Collected

Depending on the service or publication process, UFCP may collect information such as:

  • name and contact information;

  • institutional affiliation and country;

  • email address;

  • ORCID iD and other scholarly identifiers;

  • manuscript and submission information;

  • conference registration information;

  • editorial and review correspondence; and

  • other information voluntarily supplied for legitimate academic or administrative purposes.

5.2 Purpose of Data Processing

Personal information may be used for legitimate activities including:

submission management, peer review, editorial communication, conference administration, publication, DOI and metadata registration, indexing and scholarly discovery, preservation and archiving, research collaboration, and necessary administrative communication.

5.3 Confidentiality

Confidential manuscript, reviewer, and editorial information will be handled according to the requirements of the applicable review and publication process.

UFCP does not sell personal information to unrelated third parties for commercial marketing purposes.

Information may be shared with authorized service providers, conference organizers, editors, reviewers, publishing partners, scholarly infrastructure providers, or competent authorities where reasonably necessary for legitimate operations or required by law.