At Axia Scientific Publishing, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and handling your personal data with transparency and responsibility. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you interact with our website.

We will only use the personal data collected through this website as described in this policy. Below, you will find details on how we use your data, the purposes for which it is used, with whom it is shared, and the rights you have over your information.

1. Information We Collect

We publish scholarly journals, books, news, and data. Some materials are freely available, while others are only accessible to subscribers. The following is a brief overview of the data processing activities that occur on our website. More detailed information is available in the sections below:

• If you visit our website for informational purposes without creating an account, only limited personal data will be processed to provide access to the site (see Section III).
• If you are part of a customer organization, we may collect information to provide usage reporting to that organization.
• If you register for one of our services, submit manuscripts, use the peer review system, or subscribe to our newsletters, additional personal data will be processed as part of these services (see Sections IV and V).
• We may also use your personal data to provide relevant advertising for our services and products (see Section VII) and for statistical analysis to improve our website (see Section VIII).
• Your personal data may be shared with third parties (see Section X), potentially located outside your country, which may have different data protection standards (see Section XII).
• We have implemented appropriate safeguards to secure your personal data (see Section XIII) and retain it only for as long as necessary (see Section XIII).
• Depending on the applicable legislation, you may be entitled to exercise certain rights regarding the processing of your personal data (see Section XIV).

II. Definitions

Personal Data: Refers to any information related to a natural person that can be identified, directly or indirectly, such as a name, identification number, location data, or an online identifier.

Processing: Refers to any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation, disclosure, or other use.

III. Informational Use of the Website

When you visit our website for informational purposes (i.e., without registering for any services listed in Section IV or providing personal data in any other form), we may automatically collect additional information about your device, which may include personal data in some cases. This information is automatically recognized by our server, such as:

• Your IP address;
• Your device type, name, and IDs;
• The date and time of your requests;
• The content of your requests;
• Your browser version;
• Your screen resolution;
• Information about your operating system, including language settings.

This information is used to assist in providing an effective service, such as adapting the website to fit your device and enabling you to log in. We may also collect demographic information for anonymized, aggregated analysis to improve the site.

If your IP or equivalent method identifies you as belonging to a customer organization (such as a university or company), we will collect the organization's identity and generate usage reports showing how much of our content is being accessed by their students, employees, or members. This information does not include any personal login data unless you are an authorized administrator for the organization.