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Privacy Policy

Herbert Publications adhere standard policies to protect user's privacy. As in the objective for integrity, Herbert Publications commit to safeguard all the collected information with reasonable efforts and ensure as secure as possible. The following information explains how it is done.

Personal Information

In accordance to BOAI definition, all journal articles from Herbert Publications are available for open access to any internet user to reuse and redistribute without permission from publisher or author. The user need not provide any personal information to do so.

In some aspects Herbert Publications may ask for user's personal information like name, email address, name of the institution and geographical address in regard with subscription and registry to submit a manuscript. This is firmly optional and voluntary to the user. The collected information will be used for the formal communication.

Domain Information

Herbert Publications intend to improve its services at the best and collects domain information. This is tracked automatically without user's effort and facilitates to analyze the frequency of a user and usage of the website. This information allows us to understand what potential section of the site is and journal visit rate.

Information Disclosure

Herbert Publications is a sole organization and does not disclose any of your collected information to third parties without authors consent or unless required by law.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files with little information transferred to a user's computer hard disk when they visit a website. They return to the originating site on next visit allowing the website to recognize the user. This information facilitates the website to improve users browsing experience and service, page navigation, user's preferences and track the visiting frequency of the WebPages.

These cookies cannot read or modify the user's hard disk data. Your browser may give you the option to accept or decline the cookies. Herbert Publication uses cookies in some pages of its website and can be accessed even after turning them off. But some parts on the website cannot be accessed and may face functional problems for some features.

Transaction Security

Herbert Publications may ask user for credit card information while contributing the publication charges of their manuscript. All the credit card information is encoded using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology before processed over the Internet. In extending protection, the credit card information is preserved in encrypted form in a database different from our web site database, which is not accessed to internet. In accordance to the digital certificate issued to the credit card, your data can only be read by our transaction system unless your browser not showing its secure mode symbol (such as a key or closed lock).

To make the most of the security on our site, we recommend using either Netscape Navigator® or Microsoft® Internet Explorer^™ version 4.0 or higher, both of which enable SSL. We also recommend setting your browser's preferences to accept cookies and enable JavaScript^™.

Further queries

For further queries or concerns regarding your privacy and HOAJ please contact our customer services section.

Legal Notice

By using the Website hosted by HOAJ or its affiliates, you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

The information presented on this website is for general purpose only and may change periodically. The users are recommended for a timely check. While attempting the information to keep up to date and appropriate, any kind of warranties or representations are not made and there is no express or implied, about the wholeness, accuracy, reliability, correctness or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Disclaimer:

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE WORK, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.