Privacy Statement
This policy describes our efforts to protect your privacy, what kind of data we gather, and what our company will do with your data. RS Global Sp. z O.O. is an international open-access publisher and provides a web platform for the dissemination of scientific knowledge. This Privacy Policy affects all websites and services that RS Global provides.
Protection of Your Information
All data we gather 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.
Website Usage Information
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 RS Global for statistical purposes. The usage information we collect (using HTTP Cookies) includes referring URLs, browser and device characteristics, IP addresses, operating systems, as well as dates and times of website visits.
We use Google Analytics to help us collect data about how visitors use our websites. This information is used to make reports and to help us improve the websites.
You can find Google’s Privacy Policy here.
User Accounts and Registration
During registration, we will ask you to provide some personal data, including your name, valid e-mail address, affiliation, postal address, phone number, password, academic degree, position within your institution or organization, and your research interests. RS Global may use this information to fulfill our contract with you (publication of your article or monograph). RS Global may contact you by e-mail to draw your attention to content that might be of interest to you (e.g. new issues, publications, or monographs) and for other advertising.
Your Rights
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 RS Global holds or processes about you. On request, we will also provide you with a copy of all the personal data 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.