Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

At the Universal Society for Quality Research (USFQ), the protection of personal data is a fundamental principle guiding all editorial and publishing activities.

Personal information collected through this platform—including names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, ORCID identifiers, and other relevant data—will be used exclusively for editorial management, manuscript processing, peer review, academic communication, indexing purposes, and the publication of scholarly content.

USFQ ensures that personal data will not be sold, rented, or disclosed to unauthorized third parties without the explicit consent of the data subject, except when required by applicable law or when necessary for the proper operation of editorial and publishing processes.

The platform may automatically collect non-personally identifiable technical information, such as IP addresses, browser type, device information, and access logs, for statistical analysis, system security, fraud prevention, and service improvement purposes.

All users of the platform, including authors, reviewers, editors, and readers, acknowledge and accept this Privacy Statement upon registration and use of the system.

USFQ implements appropriate technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

The organization is committed to maintaining confidentiality, transparency, and compliance with internationally recognized standards for data protection and ethical scholarly publishing.