Privacy and Data Protection

Privacy Statement

This statement explains how the International Journal of Education and Skills for the Green Economy collects, uses, stores and protects personal information.

Our commitment

IJESGE respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers and website users. Personal information is processed only for legitimate journal operations, scholarly communication, publication management, security and preservation of the academic record.

Personal information will not be sold or used for unrelated commercial purposes.

Journal administration

IJESGE is supported by the Green Economy and Optimization Research Lab and Forest Education Azerbaijan LLC. Authorized journal representatives may process personal information when necessary to operate the journal and fulfil their editorial responsibilities.

Information we may collect

How information is collected

Personal information may be collected when a user:

• Creates or updates an account;
• Submits or co-authors a manuscript;
• Accepts or completes a peer review;
• Serves in an editorial or administrative role;
• Contacts the journal;
• Subscribes to notifications;
• Uses or accesses the journal website.

Purposes of processing

Personal information may be used to:

• Manage registration and user accounts;
• Receive and evaluate manuscript submissions;
• Administer editorial and peer-review workflows;
• Communicate with authors, reviewers and editors;
• Publish articles and accurate bibliographic metadata;
• Assign and maintain persistent identifiers;
• Distribute metadata to scholarly services;
• Investigate complaints and publication-integrity concerns;
• Protect the security and proper operation of the website;
• Maintain archival and administrative records;
• Comply with applicable ethical and legal obligations.

Legal and legitimate basis

Information is processed where necessary for a user-requested service, the administration of scholarly publishing, legitimate journal operations, compliance with ethical or legal duties, protection of system security or consent where consent is the appropriate basis.

Sharing of information

Information may be shared only when necessary with:

• Editors and authorized journal personnel;
• Independent peer reviewers;
• Technical hosting and system-service providers;
• DOI registration and metadata services;
• Indexing, discovery and preservation services;
• Research-integrity bodies or institutions where investigation is justified;
• Public authorities when disclosure is legally required.

Cookies and website operation

The journal website may use cookies or similar technical mechanisms required for authentication, session management, language preferences, security and proper website functionality.

Browser settings may allow users to restrict cookies. Disabling essential cookies may prevent some account and submission functions from operating correctly.

Publicly available information

Information forming part of a published scholarly record—including author names, affiliations, article metadata, citations, licences, corrections and retractions—may remain permanently public even when an account is later closed.

Data retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably required for journal administration, scholarly record-keeping, contractual responsibilities, dispute resolution, security and ethical or legal compliance.

Submission and editorial records may require long-term retention to document the history and integrity of published or evaluated research. Information no longer required will be deleted, anonymized or securely archived where practicable.

Confidential manuscripts

Submitted manuscripts and unpublished research materials are confidential. Editors and reviewers must not share or use them outside the evaluation process unless permission, an ethical obligation or a legal requirement justifies disclosure.

Information security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect information against accidental loss, unauthorized access, disclosure or alteration. No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security, and users are responsible for protecting their login credentials.

User rights

Subject to applicable obligations and limitations, users may request:

• Confirmation of whether their personal information is being processed;
• Access to personal information held about them;
• Correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• Deletion of information that is no longer required;
• Restriction of certain processing activities;
• Withdrawal of consent where processing depends on consent.

These rights may be limited when retention is necessary to preserve the scholarly record, investigate misconduct, protect legal claims or comply with ethical and legal duties.

Privacy requests and concerns

Requests concerning personal information should identify the person making the request and describe the relevant account, submission or processing activity. Identity verification may be required before information is released or changed.

Changes to this statement

This Privacy Statement may be revised when journal practices, legal requirements or publishing technologies change. The current version will be published on the journal website with its latest review date.

Responsible journal: International Journal of Education and Skills for the Green Economy

Supporting institutions: Green Economy and Optimization Research Lab and Forest Education Azerbaijan LLC

Effective date: 2026

Last reviewed: August 2026