Privacy Statement

Creative Arts and Cultural Studies (CACS) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, creative practitioners, research participants and registered users. This statement explains how information is used in operating the journal and its OJS workflow.

Information Collected

The journal may collect names, professional titles, affiliations, email and postal addresses, telephone numbers when supplied, ORCID iDs, account details, submission and review records, correspondence and technical information required for website security and operation.

Purpose of Processing

  • Managing submissions, editorial assessment and peer review
  • Communicating with authors, reviewers and editors
  • Publishing accepted articles and bibliographic metadata
  • Maintaining the scholarly and administrative record
  • Operating, securing and improving the journal website
  • Meeting ethical, legal and preservation responsibilities

Confidentiality

Access to non-public information is limited to authorized persons who require it for journal operations, ethical assessment, technical support or legal compliance. Submission files, reviewer reports and editorial communications are confidential.

Participants and Cultural Material

Authors must remove personal information that they are not authorized to publish. Interviews, images, recordings, community knowledge and culturally sensitive material must be handled according to consent, custodial and ethical requirements.

Public Scholarly Record

Author names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, correspondence details supplied for publication and article metadata may form part of the permanent public scholarly record.

Sharing, Cookies and Logs

CACS does not sell personal information. Limited data may be processed by hosting, preservation, indexing, DOI, email, analytics or technical service providers required for journal operation. OJS may use cookies and server logs for authentication, security, preferences and aggregate usage analysis.

Retention and User Requests

Editorial and publication records may be retained to document decisions, prevent misconduct and preserve the scholarly record. Users may request access to or correction of personal information, subject to obligations concerning authorship, peer review and the permanent record.

Security and Contact

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards will be used, although no internet service can guarantee absolute security. Privacy questions should be directed to the official CACS editorial-office contact published on the Contact page.