Privacy Statement

Names, email addresses and other personal data provided by users on the website of Bulletin of Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University. Series: Psychological Sciences, or submitted to the editorial office during the submission, consideration, review and publication of materials, are used exclusively for the editorial, organisational, communication and technical needs of the journal.

Purpose of Personal Data Processing

Personal data may be used for:
user registration on the journal website;
submission of manuscripts to the editorial office;
organisation of editorial assessment and peer review;
communication with authors, reviewers and members of the Editorial Board;
preparation of materials for publication;
publication of author information as part of article metadata;
archiving, indexing and dissemination of scholarly publications;
compliance with requirements relating to academic integrity, publication ethics and applicable regulations.

Use of Personal Data

The editorial office uses personal data only within the scope of the journal’s activities. Data of authors, reviewers and website users are not disclosed to third parties or used for purposes unrelated to the editorial and publishing process.

Author information necessary for the scholarly identification of a publication may be published on the article webpage, in the PDF version of the article, in DOI metadata, in the journal archive, and in abstracting, bibliographic, scientometric and other databases.

Such information may include the author’s name and surname, place of work or study, position, academic degree, academic title, ORCID iD, email address for correspondence, and other details necessary to identify the author and the publication.

Confidentiality of Peer Review

Information about submitted manuscripts, reviews, reviewers’ comments and editorial decisions is not disclosed to persons who are not involved in the editorial process.

Reviewers, editors and members of the Editorial Board are required to maintain the confidentiality of materials they receive during manuscript consideration.

Data Protection

The editorial office takes reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

Website users are responsible for the accuracy of the personal data they provide to the editorial office.

User Consent

By registering on the journal website, submitting a manuscript or providing personal data to the editorial office, the user agrees to this Privacy Statement and to the use of the data provided for the purposes of the journal’s activities.