Privacy Statement

The Journal of Emerging Clinical & Health Sciences (JECHS), published by Hala Publishing Group (Doha, Qatar), is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of its authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. The journal recognizes the importance of safeguarding personal data and is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of data security, transparency, and responsible information management.

Any personal information collected through the journal's website or manuscript submission system, including names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, and other contact details, will be used exclusively for the legitimate academic, editorial, and operational purposes of JECHS.

Personal information may be used for the following purposes:

Managing manuscript submissions and the editorial workflow.
Administering the double-blind peer-review process.
Communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and Editorial Board members regarding manuscript processing and publication.
Maintaining journal records and publication metadata.
Providing notifications regarding manuscript decisions, publication updates, calls for papers, special issues, and other journal-related announcements to registered users.
Supporting indexing, DOI registration, and other scholarly publishing services where required.

JECHS will not sell, rent, disclose, transfer, or otherwise distribute personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes. Personal data will only be shared where necessary to facilitate the publication process or where disclosure is required by applicable laws, regulations, or recognized scholarly publishing services.

All personal information is stored using secure systems and is processed in accordance with internationally recognized data protection and privacy standards, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable. Access to personal data is strictly limited to authorized editorial, administrative, and technical personnel directly involved in the journal's editorial and publishing operations.

By submitting a manuscript, accepting a peer-review invitation, registering on the journal website, or otherwise interacting with JECHS, users acknowledge and consent to the collection, processing, and use of their personal information solely for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

The Journal of Emerging Clinical & Health Sciences (JECHS) is committed to periodically reviewing this policy to ensure continued compliance with international best practices in scholarly publishing, data protection, and information security. Any updates to this Privacy Statement will be published promptly on the journal's official website.