Data Protection & Confidentiality

Privacy Statement

Komitmen dan kebijakan pelindungan data pribadi bagi Penulis, Mitra Bestari (*Reviewers*), Editor, dan Pembaca Jurnal Ilmu Kebidanan dan Kesehatan.

Data Privacy Commitment

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of Jurnal Ilmu Kebidanan dan Kesehatan (Journal of Midwifery Science and Health) and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any third party.

1. Types of Personal Data Collected

In supporting scholarly peer review and publishing workflows, our OJS system processes the following data:

  • Authors: Full name, academic title, institutional affiliation, country, email address, contact telephone (optional), ORCID iD, and bio-statement.
  • Reviewers: Name, reviewing interests/expertise keywords, institutional affiliation, and peer review history.
  • Editors: Managerial assignment logs and internal editorial communication records.
  • Readers & Registered Users: Username, email address, and new issue notification subscription preferences.

2. Purpose of Personal Data Usage

Collected information is utilized strictly for lawful scholarly purposes, including:

  1. Managing manuscript submission, double-blind peer review, copyediting, and production layout workflows.
  2. Publishing official authorship attribution on accepted articles and transmitting scholarly metadata to official indexing services (Crossref DOI, SINTA, Garuda, DOAJ, Google Scholar).
  3. Sending essential editorial notices, review invitations, and new issue announcements.
  4. Aggregating anonymized usage statistics without identifying individual personal data.

3. Data Security & Confidentiality

Jurnal Ilmu Kebidanan dan Kesehatan implements comprehensive technical and organizational safeguards:

  • Encrypted Connections: All data transmissions are encrypted via secure HTTPS / SSL (TLS 1.3) protocols.
  • Password Protection: User passwords are encrypted using one-way salted cryptographic hashing algorithms and cannot be retrieved in plain text by editorial staff.
  • Confidentiality Safeguards: Unpublished manuscripts and reviewer identities are accessible strictly to assigned handling editors in compliance with Double-Blind Peer Review ethics.

4. User Rights & Access

Registered users maintain the right to:

  • Access, review, and update their personal profile data at any time via the Edit Profile dashboard.
  • Request account deactivation, provided it does not compromise the provenance and integrity of published scientific literature (*scholarly record integrity*).

Inquiries on Privacy & Data Protection

For questions, clarifications, or requests regarding personal data management, please contact the editorial secretariat at: p3m@stikesbup.ac.id / jik@stikesbup.ac.id.