Privacy Statement

The Annals of Comprehensive Oncology and Biomedical Sciences (ACOBS) is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all individuals who interact with the journal, including authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and website users. Personal information collected through the journal's website is used exclusively for scholarly publishing, editorial management, peer review, and journal administration.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

When users register with the journal or submit a manuscript, the journal may collect information including, but not limited to:

  • Full name

  • Institutional affiliation

  • Email address

  • Postal address

  • ORCID iD (where provided)

  • Contact telephone number (if supplied)

  • Professional and academic information relevant to scholarly publishing

This information is collected solely to facilitate manuscript submission, peer review, editorial communication, publication, indexing, and journal administration.

Confidentiality

All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents throughout the editorial and peer-review process. Information relating to manuscripts is disclosed only to authors, editors, editorial staff, reviewers, and the publisher as necessary for editorial evaluation and publication.

The journal operates a double-blind peer-review system, and reviewer identities are protected in accordance with the journal's peer-review policy. Reviewers are expected to maintain strict confidentiality and must not disclose or use unpublished information for personal or professional advantage.

Use of Published Information

Upon publication, author names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers (where provided), funding information, acknowledgments, and other publication-related metadata become part of the permanent scholarly record. Such information is published only to support proper citation, indexing, discoverability, and academic communication.

Cookies and Website Analytics

The journal website may use cookies and standard web technologies to improve website functionality, maintain secure user sessions, analyze website performance, and enhance the user experience. Users may disable cookies through their browser settings; however, some website features may not function correctly if cookies are disabled.

Third-Party Services

The journal may share limited information with trusted third-party services that support scholarly publishing, including DOI registration agencies, indexing services, plagiarism detection software, ORCID, Crossref, digital preservation services, and other publication infrastructure providers. Only the information necessary for these services to perform their intended functions will be shared.

The journal does not sell, rent, or commercially distribute personal information to third parties.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards are implemented to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction. While every reasonable effort is made to ensure data security, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Retention

Personal information associated with manuscript submission, editorial correspondence, peer review, publication, and journal administration may be retained as part of the permanent scholarly and publishing record in accordance with accepted academic publishing practices.

User Rights

Users may request correction or updating of their personal information by contacting the Editorial Office. Requests for removal of personal information will be considered where appropriate; however, information forming part of the published scholarly record may not be removed once an article has been published, except in circumstances consistent with accepted publishing ethics and legal requirements.

Children's Privacy

The journal is intended exclusively for researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals, academicians, and other scholarly users. The journal does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18.

Policy Updates

This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically to reflect changes in legal requirements, publishing standards, or journal policies. Any revised version will be published on the journal website, and continued use of the journal's services constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Statement.

Contact

Questions regarding this Privacy Statement or the handling of personal information may be directed to the Editorial Office of the Annals of Comprehensive Oncology and Biomedical Sciences (ACOBS) using the contact information provided on the journal's official Contact page.