Privacy Statement
Privacy Statement
El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of all users involved in the journal’s publication process, including authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and registered users of the online journal system.
The names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, ORCID IDs, and other personal information entered into this journal website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of scholarly communication, editorial management, peer review, publication, indexing, archiving, and dissemination of academic content.
1. Collection of Personal Information
The journal may collect personal information from users during registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, publication processing, and article metadata management.
The information collected may include, but is not limited to:
Author and reviewer names.
Institutional affiliations.
Email addresses.
ORCID IDs.
Country of affiliation.
Academic biography when provided.
Submission metadata.
Editorial and review correspondence.
This information is collected only to support the proper operation of the journal and the integrity of the scholarly publishing process.
2. Use of Personal Information
Personal information provided to El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis will be used for legitimate academic and editorial purposes, including:
Managing manuscript submission and peer review.
Communicating with authors, reviewers, and editors.
Publishing article metadata.
Maintaining author and reviewer records.
Supporting indexing, abstracting, archiving, and citation tracking.
Preventing publication misconduct, duplicate submission, plagiarism, and unethical publication practices.
Improving the quality and transparency of the journal’s editorial workflow.
The journal will not use personal information for unrelated commercial purposes.
3. Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Peer Review
All submitted manuscripts, reviewer comments, editorial decisions, and related correspondence are treated as confidential materials. Editors and reviewers must not disclose, distribute, copy, cite, or use unpublished manuscripts or review materials for personal, academic, or professional advantage.
Reviewer identities are protected under the journal’s double-blind peer-review system, unless the journal adopts a different peer-review model and clearly informs all parties.
4. Publication of Author Information
By submitting a manuscript to El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis, authors understand that certain information will be published as part of the article metadata if the manuscript is accepted. This may include author names, institutional affiliations, email address of the corresponding author, ORCID ID, abstract, keywords, references, DOI, and article citation details.
This information is necessary for academic attribution, citation, indexing, discoverability, and scholarly accountability.
5. Data Sharing with Indexing and Archiving Services
Published article metadata may be shared with indexing databases, abstracting services, digital preservation systems, academic search engines, DOI registration agencies, library catalogues, and repository platforms.
Such sharing is limited to academic publishing purposes and is intended to increase the visibility, accessibility, citation impact, and long-term preservation of published articles.
6. Protection of Reviewer and Editorial Data
Reviewer information is used only for editorial and peer-review purposes. The journal does not publicly disclose reviewer identities, review reports, or confidential editorial correspondence without permission, except when required for ethical investigation, legal obligation, or publication integrity procedures.
Editors are responsible for ensuring that reviewer data is used fairly, securely, and only for journal-related purposes.
7. User Account and System Data
Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their own login credentials in the journal system. The journal will make reasonable efforts to protect account data and editorial records from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, users should also ensure that their account information is accurate, updated, and not shared with unauthorized parties.
8. Use of Email Communication
The journal may contact users by email for purposes related to manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decisions, publication process, revision requests, proofreading, indexing, announcements, and other scholarly communication relevant to the journal.
The journal will not sell, rent, exchange, or distribute email addresses to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes.
9. Research Ethics and Sensitive Data
For manuscripts involving interviews, observations, fieldwork, religious communities, or living hadith practices, authors are responsible for protecting participant privacy and confidentiality.
Personal names, identifiable information, interview transcripts, photographs, audio recordings, field notes, or sensitive community data must not be disclosed without proper consent. When necessary, authors should anonymize participant identities and remove information that may expose individuals or communities to harm.
10. Data Retention
The journal may retain user information, submission records, review histories, editorial correspondence, and publication metadata for as long as necessary to support editorial accountability, publication ethics, archiving, indexing, dispute resolution, and the integrity of the scholarly record.
11. Third-Party Links
The journal website may contain links to external websites, indexing databases, repositories, DOI services, or other academic platforms. El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or data policies of external websites.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of external platforms before providing personal information.
12. Commitment to Privacy Protection
El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis will take reasonable measures to protect personal information and editorial data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure. Access to personal and editorial information is limited to authorized individuals involved in the journal’s academic publishing process.
13. Consent
By registering, submitting a manuscript, reviewing a manuscript, or using the website of El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis, users consent to the collection and use of their personal information in accordance with this privacy statement.
14. Contact
Questions regarding this privacy statement may be addressed to the editorial office:
El-Mizzi: Jurnal Ilmu Hadis
Program Studi Ilmu Hadis
IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo
Email: journal.elmizzi@iaingorontalo.ac.id
