Privacy Statement

The Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation (JSER) is committed to protecting the privacy of its authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Personal information collected through this journal website will be used solely for the purposes of managing the editorial and publishing process and will not be disclosed to any third party except as necessary for the operation of the journal or as required by law.

The names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, email addresses, and other personal information entered into this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation, including manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, publication, indexing, archiving, and dissemination of published content.

The journal operates using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). Basic technical information, including IP addresses and browser-related data, may be automatically collected by the OJS platform for security, system administration, and statistical purposes. Such information is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and is not used for marketing purposes.

Personal data are processed in accordance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and accountability, as established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU Regulation 2016/679) and other applicable data protection laws.

The journal does not sell, rent, or otherwise distribute personal information to third parties. Limited information may be shared with trusted service providers or indexing and archiving services only when necessary for the publication, preservation, discoverability, and dissemination of scholarly content.

Authors and reviewers may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal data, subject to the requirements necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record and editorial process. Requests regarding personal data should be addressed to the Editorial Office of the Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation.

By registering with this journal, submitting a manuscript, accepting a review invitation, or otherwise participating in the journal's editorial processes, users acknowledge that their personal information will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

The Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation reserves the right to update this Privacy Statement when necessary to comply with changes in legal requirements, publishing standards, or journal policies. The most current version will always be available on the journal's website.