General Information
We at Leon Publications value your privacy. We want to make sure you receive the experiences, information, and material that are most important to you. We are dedicated to safeguarding the privacy of our volunteers, clients, members, and other contacts. We appreciate our partnership with you and acknowledge your worries about online privacy. This policy describes our attempts to safeguard your privacy, the types of information we gather, and our plans for using that information. Platforms for open scientific interaction are offered by Leon Publications, an open access publisher.
Protection of Your Information
Every piece of information we gather from you on our websites is shielded from third parties’ illegal access. Through the proper application of security technology and physical protections, we make every effort to secure your privacy.
International Transfer of Personal Data
Being a global business, Leon Publications may send your personal data to our systems from outside of your nation of residence. We take precautions to guarantee that your personal data is kept safe wherever it is processed and stored.
Website Usage Information
Your visits to specific pages on our websites will be monitored and documented in web server log files (“Log Data”) while you use them. Leon Publications may use log data for statistical analysis, to identify website usage trends, and to enhance the organization and display of material. Referring URLs, device and browser specs, IP address, operating system, and the dates and times of website visits are among the usage data we get (via HTTP Cookies).
Third-party services, including article suggestions, social login, social sharing, and banners to third-party websites, may be made available by Leon Publications through its website. While information gathered by third party operators will be subject to their respective privacy policies, information gathered by us when you use third party services is treated in accordance with our privacy policy.
Google Analytics may be used on our websites to help us gather data about how users interact with them. This data is used to create reports and assist us in making the websites better. Cookies are used to gather anonymous data, such as how many people visit a website, where they get there from, and which pages they view while there.
Go here to view Google’s privacy statement.
By utilizing the Google browser add-on, you can set up your browser to refuse to send data to Google Analytics.
Registration, User Accounts, and Tailored Services
You must create a user account on our websites in order to get personalized features. Your name, valid email address, affiliation, postal address, phone number, password, academic degree, position within your school or organization, and research interests are just a few of the personal details we will ask for when you register. To correctly set up your user account and enable you to enjoy all of our services, some of this information is necessary. This information may be used by Leon Publications to carry out our agreement with you, such as publishing your article. Additionally, we might use your information internally, for example, to assess and enhance our operations, reply to inquiries, requests, or remarks you make, for focused advertising, or to detect and stop fraud, claims, or other liabilities. For various advertising purposes and to alert you to content that may be of interest to you (such as new publications, services, or products), we may send you an email. Leon Publications may continue to use the personal data in the ways previously mentioned even if it was given to us by a third party. You can choose not to receive these emails by unsubscribing or getting in touch with our customer support.
Your Rights
You can edit or make modifications to your account at any time as a registered user. You have the right to request the information that Leon Publications has on file about you in compliance with current data privacy laws. We will also give you a copy of all the personal data we have on file about you upon request. When you ask us to terminate your account, we will remove this personal data. However, in order to fulfill our (legal) responsibilities and settle disputes, some personal data might be kept on file for a predetermined amount of time.
Linked Websites
Leon Publications may provide links to external websites that are not under its control. Please be aware that we have no control over the privacy policies, services, or content of other websites.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Leon Publications has the right to post updates to this privacy statement at any time and without previous notification. Please review our privacy statement from time to time for any changes. You will be deemed to have accepted and consented to such modifications if you continue to use any service after they are posted.