Philosophy

LymphoSign Journal is committed to protecting the personal information of our clients gathered via this website or by other means. The following text discloses our policies on what information is gathered, how it is protected, and how it might be used.

Website Usage

IP addresses are used to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our website, and track usage of our site. Institutional IP addresses are associated with their institutions only, but not with individuals. We track how often each page is visited, but not what individuals are reading. This information helps us determine which parts of the site visitors find most valuable as well as how we can continually improve the services we provide.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a small data file that is automatically transferred from the website to the visitor’s computer. It allows the computer to be recognized by the website on return for another session and eases navigation through the website from one screen to another. We use cookies but not to collect any personal information about users, nor do we sell or make them available to other organizations.

Registration

Users who register on our Web site are asked for the following information: email address, title, name, postal address, phone number, primary areas of interest, profession, how they heard about LymphoSign Journal, and their preference on whether to receive email notices from LymphoSign Journal. eMail addresses are kept on file (for how this information is used, see section on email lists).

eMail Lists

We compile our client-based email lists through the following means: registrations on our website (when a user indicates that they would like to receive announcements or promotional material), manuscript submissions using our online peer-review system, orders of a service or product, and promotions at trade shows.

Announcements and promotional material are periodically sent to our email lists. Clients may unsubscribe when they receive an email or remove their name from our mailing lists at any time by contacting [email protected].

We do not sell or share our email lists with any third parties.

Accessing and (or) Correcting Your Personal Information

To access and (or) correct your personal information stored on the website, follow these instructions:

• Login to website
• Click on “My Profile”
• Click on “Account Info” (from the left hand navigation)
• Change personal information as required
• Click on “Submit”

To access and (or) correct your personal information stored in our peer-review system ScholarOne, follow these instructions:

• Login to ScholarOne
• Click on “EDIT ACCOUNT”
• Make appropriate changes, paying particular attention to the “REQUIRED” fields
• Click “FINISH” once 3rd page is completed

To access and (or) correct your stored personal information collected through means other than our website or peer-review system, contact the Editorial Office.  We use this procedure to better protect your information.  You can correct factual errors in your personal information by sending a request to the Editorial Office, showing the error.  To protect your privacy, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing you with or making corrections to your personal information.

Information Collected from Orders

When ordering an article through pay-per-view, a user is directed to a secure page, where the following information is collected: name, postal address, email address, credit card details, and transactional information.  This information is not shared. As pay-per-view orders of journal articles are processed through PayPal, clients purchasing those products should also refer to PayPal’s Privacy Policy.

Reprints and Permissions

Reprints of journal articles and licences to reuse our material are obtained by contacting the Editorial Office Office.

Credit Information Provided Directly to LymphoSign Journal

Credit information obtained for direct purchases is not kept electronically. Clients are instructed NOT to send credit information by email. Credit information is obtained by phone or fax, recorded by hand on order forms, and blacked out after the order has been processed. Order forms with credit information, cheques, and money orders are kept in locked filing cabinets.

Privacy Policies of our Partners

LymphoSign Journal works with a number of partners who have their own privacy policies. Links to those partners are found throughout the LymphoSign Journal website. LymphoSign Journal LP is not responsible for the privacy policies of partnering organizations; interested parties should review the privacy policies of those sites.

Peer Review

LymphoSign Journal operates a blind peer-review process, where the identity of the referees is kept from the author whose work is being reviewed unless a referee chooses to identify himself or herself. Peer review is conducted using the online system ScholarOne. Anyone submitting a manuscript for consideration should refer to ScholarOne’s Privacy Policy.

Technological Security

LymphoSign Journal has appropriate security measures in place to protect against the misuse, loss, or alteration of information that it has collected; however, no information transferred over the Internet is completely secure and, therefore,  LymphoSign Journal cannot guarantee with 100% certainty the total security of information transmitted to it.

Contact Us About This Policy

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact the Editorial Office at [email protected].