Privacy Statement

Educatum: Jurnal Dunia Pendidikan is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of personal information belonging to authors, reviewers, editors, readers, research participants, and other users of the journal website.

Personal information collected through the journal's Online Journal System (OJS) is processed only for legitimate purposes related to manuscript submission, editorial management, peer review, publication, communication, indexing, archiving, digital preservation, and journal administration.

Educatum: Jurnal Dunia Pendidikan applies responsible information management practices by collecting, using, storing, and processing personal information only when reasonably necessary to support scholarly publishing activities.

Personal Information Collected

Educatum may collect personal information voluntarily provided by users, including:

name and academic or professional title;
institutional affiliation and professional information;
email address and other contact information;
ORCID iD and other researcher identifiers;
academic expertise, research interests, and biographical information;
manuscript submission and publication records;
peer-review activities and editorial correspondence; and
other information required to support the editorial and publication process.

The journal platform may automatically collect limited technical information, such as IP addresses, browser information, login records, access logs, and website usage data for security, system administration, performance monitoring, and statistical purposes.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected by Educatum may be used to:

manage manuscript submissions and editorial workflows;
facilitate communication between authors, editors, reviewers, and editorial staff;
conduct editorial evaluation and peer-review processes;
publish and disseminate scholarly articles;
register article metadata and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs);
support indexing, abstracting, archiving, and digital preservation;
maintain the security and functionality of the journal platform; and
communicate information related to journal activities and publication services.

Personal information will not be used for unrelated commercial purposes or disclosed to unauthorized parties without appropriate justification or consent.

Publication and Disclosure of Information

As part of the scholarly publishing process, certain information related to published articles may become publicly available, including authors' names, institutional affiliations, ORCID iDs, article titles, abstracts, keywords, and bibliographic metadata.

Article metadata may be shared with DOI registration agencies, indexing and abstracting services, digital preservation systems, libraries, repositories, and other scholarly communication infrastructures to support discoverability, citation, indexing, and long-term preservation.

Information relating to reviewers, reviewer identities, review reports, and confidential peer-review materials will remain protected according to Educatum: Jurnal Dunia Pendidikan's double-blind peer-review policy, except where disclosure is required for legal, ethical, or publication integrity purposes.

Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Research Participants

Submitted manuscripts, editorial correspondence, and peer-review materials are treated as confidential documents.

Authors conducting educational research involving students, children, teachers, educational institutions, persons with disabilities, or other potentially vulnerable participants are responsible for protecting participants' privacy, confidentiality, and dignity.

Identifiable personal information, photographs, recordings, student records, participant statements, case descriptions, or other sensitive information may only be included when ethically justified and when appropriate consent or authorization has been obtained.

Data Security and Retention

Educatum: Jurnal Dunia Pendidikan takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or loss.

Personal information and editorial records may be retained for an appropriate period to maintain the integrity, transparency, and traceability of the scholarly record, support publication activities, resolve disputes, comply with ethical responsibilities, and fulfill applicable legal or administrative requirements.

Cookies and Website Usage

The Educatum website may use cookies or similar technologies to support authentication, session management, website functionality, security, and statistical analysis.

Users may manage cookie preferences through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some functions of the journal website.

Third-Party Services

Educatum may utilize third-party services that support scholarly publishing activities, including DOI registration, similarity checking, indexing, digital preservation, analytics, and communication services.

Information may be shared with these services only when necessary to support legitimate editorial, publishing, dissemination, and preservation activities.

Users' Rights

Users may request correction or updating of inaccurate personal information associated with their journal account by contacting the Editorial Office.

However, information that forms part of the permanent scholarly record, including published article metadata, publication history, and editorial records, may need to be retained to preserve academic integrity, transparency, and traceability.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

Educatum: Jurnal Dunia Pendidikan may update this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in publishing practices, technology, journal policies, or applicable requirements.

The updated version will be made available on the journal website.

Acceptance of Privacy Statement

By registering as a user, submitting manuscripts, participating in peer review, or using the Educatum website, users acknowledge and agree to the collection and processing of information as described in this Privacy Statement.