This Privacy Statement explains how Ar-Riyadhiyyat: Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika collects, uses, and protects personal information provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and readers through this journal website. By using this website, you agree to the practices described here.

Information We Collect

• Account and submission information: names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, countries, ORCID iDs (where provided), biographical statements, and areas of expertise entered when registering an account, submitting a manuscript, or accepting a review invitation.
• Correspondence: emails and messages exchanged with the editorial office through the journal system or by email.
• Technical information: IP address, browser type, and pages visited, collected through the journal system, session cookies needed for login, and visitor statistics tools.

How We Use the Information

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site are used only for the stated purposes of this journal, namely managing submissions and the peer review process, communicating with authors, reviewers, and editors, publishing accepted articles, and monitoring and improving the journal’s services. They are not made available for any other purpose or to any other party, except as described below.

Information Made Public

Some information is published as part of the scholarly record. This includes the names, affiliations, and ORCID iDs of authors; the email address of the corresponding author when stated in the article; the names and affiliations of the editorial team and reviewers listed on this website; and the metadata of published articles. Published articles and their metadata may be displayed in indexing services and in Crossref, where each article’s DOI is registered.

Confidentiality in Peer Review

Manuscripts and review reports are confidential. In the double-blind review process, the identities of authors and reviewers are not disclosed to each other, and the editors share personal information only with those who need it to manage the review. Details of the review process are described on the Peer Review Process page.

Third-Party Services

This website uses third-party services, such as visitor counters and statistics widgets, which may collect anonymous technical information such as the visitor’s country and number of visits. The journal also uses similarity-checking software to screen submitted manuscripts, and uploads manuscripts to such software only for this purpose. These services have their own privacy policies, and the journal does not control how they handle information.

Data Security and Retention

The journal takes reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. Access to submission and account data is limited to the editors and administrators of the journal. Account and submission records are kept for as long as needed to manage the journal and to maintain the scholarly record, and are then deleted or anonymized where appropriate.

Your Rights

You may update your account information at any time through your profile. You may also ask the editorial office to access, correct, or delete the personal information held about you, or to close your account. Information that has been published in an article or its metadata is part of the permanent scholarly record and can be changed only through the correction procedure described in the Publication Ethics page.

Research Participants

Authors are responsible for protecting the privacy of the participants in their research. Articles must not contain information that could identify participants unless explicit written consent has been obtained, as described under Ethical Oversight in the Publication Ethics page.

Changes and Contact

This statement may be updated from time to time, and the updated version will be published on this page. Questions or requests concerning your personal information may be sent to the editorial office at [email protected].