Privacy Policy

The scientific journal Demography and Social Economy respects the privacy of website users and takes appropriate measures to ensure the proper protection of personal data provided during registration, manuscript submission, peer review, and other interactions with the Editorial Office.

The names, surnames, email addresses, information about the place of employment, academic degree, ORCID, and other data voluntarily provided by users during registration or manuscript submission are used to ensure the operation of the journal and to perform editorial, publishing, and technical procedures.

In particular, personal data may be used for:

• registration and administration of user accounts;
• communication between the Editorial Office and authors, reviewers, and other participants in the publishing process;
• organization and conduct of peer review;
• informing users about the progress of the editorial process;
• publication and dissemination of scholarly materials in accordance with the journal's editorial policy;
• performing other actions necessary to ensure the editorial and publishing process.

Publication of Authors' Data

If a manuscript is accepted for publication, certain information about the authors may be made publicly available on the journal's website and on the webpage of the respective article. Such information may include the author's first and last name, affiliation and position, academic degree and academic title, ORCID, email address, and other information provided by the author as part of the manuscript, where the publication of such information is provided for by the journal's editorial policy.

An author's email address may be published to facilitate professional and scholarly communication with the author regarding the published work.

Submission of a manuscript to the journal constitutes the author's (authors') acknowledgment of and agreement with this Privacy Statement and with the processing and, where provided for by the journal's editorial policy, publication of the relevant author and contact information.

Confidentiality of the Editorial Process

Information obtained by the Editorial Office in the course of the editorial and peer-review process that is not intended for publication shall be treated as confidential.

The Editorial Office does not disclose information about reviewers or the content of confidential correspondence to third parties, unless otherwise provided by the journal's policy or required by law.

Editorial materials, peer reviews, and other information obtained in the course of manuscript processing are used solely for the purposes of the editorial and publishing process.

Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

Users' personal data are not sold or disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes or for any other purposes unrelated to the activities of the journal.

Personal data may be transferred or disclosed only where necessary to ensure the operation of the journal, perform publishing procedures, operate information systems, comply with legal requirements, or protect the legitimate rights and interests of the journal and other persons.

Data Retention and Protection

The Editorial Office takes appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or other unlawful use.

Personal data are retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes specified in this Privacy Statement, as well as for periods required by applicable Ukrainian law or necessary for the proper archiving and preservation of scholarly publications.

Users' Rights

Users have the right to contact the Editorial Office to obtain information about the processing of their personal data, to request the correction or updating of inaccurate data, and to raise other matters related to the processing of their personal data in accordance with applicable Ukrainian law.

However, the deletion or modification of certain data may be restricted where their retention is necessary to establish or verify authorship, ensure the integrity of the scholarly record, archive published materials, perform editorial procedures, or comply with legal requirements.

Amendments to the Privacy Statement

The Editorial Office may periodically update this Privacy Statement in response to changes in applicable legislation, the journal's editorial policy, or the functionality of the journal's website and information systems.

The current version of the Privacy Statement is published on the journal's website.