Privacy Statement

The Journal of Public Transportation Community (JPTC), published by Politeknik Penerbangan Surabaya, respects the privacy of every author, reviewer, editor, and reader who uses this website. This statement explains what personal data we collect, how we use and protect it, and the rights you have over it. The journal processes personal data in line with Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection and generally accepted principles of scholarly publishing ethics.

1. Data We Collect

Account data: name, username, email address, affiliation, country, and, optionally, ORCID iD, biography, and phone number provided when registering as a user.
Submission data: metadata of each manuscript, including the names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID iDs of all authors and co-authors listed in the submission.
Peer review data: reviewers' names, contact details, areas of expertise, review comments, and recommendations.
Usage data: anonymised or aggregated information such as page views, article downloads, and approximate geographic location, collected through the journal's statistics tools and third-party visitor counters.

2. How We Use the Data

To manage user accounts and process submissions through the editorial workflow (screening, peer review, copyediting, layout, and publication).
To communicate with authors, reviewers, and editors about submissions, reviews, and editorial decisions.
To publish the names, affiliations, email address of the corresponding author, and ORCID iDs of authors as part of the published article's metadata.
To register DOIs and deposit article metadata with indexing and abstracting services, and to report usage statistics.
To send journal notifications and announcements to users who have chosen to receive them.

Personal data will not be sold, rented, or used for commercial marketing purposes.

3. Sharing of Data

Personal data are shared only to the extent necessary for the purposes above, namely with: (a) editors and reviewers involved in handling a submission; (b) DOI registration agencies (Crossref) and indexing or abstracting databases in which the journal is listed, which receive the metadata of published articles; and (c) the hosting and technical service providers that operate this website. The journal applies a double-blind peer review process, so the identities of authors and reviewers are not disclosed to each other during review.

4. Cookies

This website uses cookies required to keep users logged in and to operate the editorial system. Statistics and visitor-counter tools may also use cookies to measure site traffic. Users may disable cookies in their browser settings, although some functions of the site, such as logging in and submitting manuscripts, may then not work properly.

5. Data Retention and Security

Account and editorial data are retained for as long as needed to maintain the editorial record and the integrity of the scholarly record. Metadata of published articles are retained permanently as part of the public scholarly record. The journal takes reasonable technical and organisational measures, including access restrictions based on user roles, to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.

6. Your Rights

Users may access and update their personal data at any time through the View Profile menu after logging in. Users may also request a copy of their data, correction of inaccurate data, or deletion of their account by contacting the journal. Please note that author names and other metadata of articles that have already been published cannot be removed, because they form part of the permanent scholarly record; corrections are handled according to the journal's correction and retraction policy.

7. Changes to This Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page.

8. Contact

Questions or requests concerning personal data can be sent to the journal through the Contact page.