Last updated: 17 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the International Journal of Law and Business Studies (IJLBS), published by Global Publications, collects, uses, stores, and discloses personal information through its website and publication-related services.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
Terms beginning with capital letters have the meanings defined below. These meanings apply whether the terms appear in the singular or plural.
Definitions
Company, We, Us, or Our refers to Global Publications, 3/186 Vishnupuri, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India.
Cookies are small files stored on Your Device when You visit a website.
Country refers to India.
Device means a computer, mobile phone, tablet, or other device used to access the Service.
Personal Data means information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website and its publication-related facilities.
Service Provider means a person or organisation that processes information on behalf of the Company to support the operation of the Service.
Usage Data means technical information collected through the use or operation of the Website.
Website refers to the International Journal of Law and Business Studies (IJLBS), accessible at www.ijlbs.com.
You refers to an individual accessing the Website or using its services.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
We collect information that You provide when submitting a manuscript, contacting the journal, applying to become an editor or reviewer, or completing publication-related formalities.
This may include Your name, email address, telephone number, country, institutional affiliation, department, professional details, and ORCID iD where supplied.
Manuscripts, supporting documents, correspondence, and payment receipts may also contain Personal Data. Please provide only information relevant to the purpose of Your submission.
If You provide information about co-authors or other individuals, You should ensure that they are informed and that You are authorised to provide it.
Usage Data
Technical information may be collected when You access the Website. This may include Your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, access times, and diagnostic information.
Such information may be used to maintain website functionality, identify technical problems, and protect the Service against misuse.
Cookies
The Website may use Cookies to support essential functions, maintain sessions, and remember relevant preferences.
You can manage or refuse Cookies through Your browser settings. Disabling certain Cookies may affect the operation of interactive features.
Third-party services accessed or embedded through the Website may use their own Cookies. Their handling of information is governed by their respective privacy policies.
Use of Your Personal Data
We use Personal Data to receive and process manuscripts, administer peer review, communicate editorial decisions, and manage revisions and publication.
Information may also be used to respond to enquiries, assess editorial or reviewer applications, verify publication-related payments, maintain records, and resolve complaints.
Technical information is used to operate, secure, and improve the Website. Personal Data may also be processed where necessary to meet applicable legal obligations or investigate misuse of the Service.
Sharing of Personal Data
Information may be shared with authorised editorial staff, editors, and reviewers where necessary for manuscript assessment and publication. Manuscripts supplied for double-anonymous review are prepared to protect author anonymity.
Service Providers may process information where required for website hosting, technical support, communications, or other journal operations. Access should be limited to information necessary for their assigned functions.
Where You use an external payment service, that provider processes payment information under its own privacy policy. The journal may receive transaction details or receipts needed to verify payment.
Any use or disclosure for an unrelated purpose will be subject to appropriate notice and any consent required by applicable law.
Published Author Information
Accepted articles may include author names, affiliations, corresponding-author contact details, ORCID iDs, and relevant funding or conflict-of-interest statements.
Published articles and their bibliographic metadata may be shared with indexing services, repositories, and scholarly discovery platforms. This information becomes publicly accessible as part of the scholarly record.
Private administrative information, such as payment receipts and personal telephone numbers, is not intended for publication.
Retention of Your Personal Data
Personal Data is retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.
Relevant submission, peer-review, correspondence, and payment records may be retained to support editorial accountability, resolve disputes, and meet legal or accounting obligations.
Published articles and associated author information are maintained as part of the scholarly record. Technical records are retained according to operational and security needs.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Information may be processed at the Company’s offices and by Service Providers operating in other locations. This may involve processing outside Your state or country.
Where such transfers occur, reasonable safeguards will be applied, together with any requirements imposed by applicable law.
Access, Correction, and Deletion
You may contact Us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of Personal Data held about You. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, subject to applicable law.
We may need to verify Your identity before acting on a request. Some information may need to be retained for legal obligations, editorial accountability, dispute resolution, or other lawful purposes.
Requests concerning published author information will be assessed in light of privacy concerns and the integrity of the scholarly record. Deleting an administrative record does not automatically require removal of a published article.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If ownership or management of the journal or publisher changes, relevant records may be transferred where necessary to continue journal operations.
Where required, affected individuals will be informed before their information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Law Enforcement and Other Legal Requirements
Personal Data may be disclosed where required by law, a court order, or a valid request from an authorised public body.
Disclosure may also be necessary to investigate fraud or misuse, protect the rights or safety of individuals, or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Any disclosure should be limited to information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Security of Your Personal Data
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect Personal Data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
Access to confidential submission and administrative records should be restricted to authorised persons who need the information for their responsibilities.
No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Absolute security cannot therefore be guaranteed.
Children’s Privacy
Published scholarly articles may be read without registration or an age restriction.
Where the collection of a child’s Personal Data requires parental or guardian consent under applicable law, that requirement must be met.
A parent or guardian who believes that a child has provided Personal Data without the required consent may contact Us so that the matter can be reviewed and appropriate action taken.
Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to external websites or services that We do not operate.
We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review the privacy policy of the relevant provider before supplying personal information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, information-handling practices, or applicable requirements change.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated date. Where required, additional notice will be provided before a material change takes effect.
Contact Us
For privacy enquiries, requests, or complaints, please contact Global Publications at ijlbs.global@gmail.com or visit our Contact Us page.