PhDFocus™ is intent on protecting your privacy. The following explains how we treat personal information that we collect and receive, including information related to your past use of PhDFocus™ products and services.
By “personal information” we mean information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
When you submit a typrescript to PhDFocus™, we collect information such as your name, email address, institution, expertise and the like. This information may be combined with information we obtain from public sources, business partners, or other companies. Once you apply for publication, and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. We may also collect other information when you visit PhDFocus™ pages or the pages of certain PhDFocus™ partners.
Security of such information is a high priority for us.
For some products we may also ask for your address or credit card information. Be assured that credit card information is encrypted and stored only on secure machines.
PhDFocus™ automatically receives and records information on our server logs from the information that your browser sends to us, including your IP address, cookies, and the page you request.
PhDFocus™ uses information to customize the content you see or are notified of. We use it to fulfill your requests for products and services. We use it to improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients. Other uses include storing names of the reviewers of manuscripts submitted to journals and displaying these names for editors.
PhDFocus™ does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
PhDFocus™ works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different industries and categories of business.
PhDFocus™ may set and access cookies on your computer.
Please check the PhDFocus™ cookie policy for more information.
We encourage you to update your PhDFocus™ information, at any time. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the PhDFocus™ service, such as service announcements or administrative messages that are considered part of your PhDFocus™ service, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with regulations to protect personal information about you.
PhDFocus™ may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your information with PhDFocus™ or by placing a prominent notice on our site.
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us at: phdfocus@fcsresearch.org