Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Inlight Publisher ("we", "us") collects, uses and protects personal information when you use https://inlightpublishers.com and the websites of our journals, or when you submit, review, edit or read content with us.

1. Who Is Responsible for Your Data

Inlight Publisher, Office No. 51, Najma Complex, Block 1, Opposite Canary Restaurant, P.O. Box 80000, Farwaniya, Kuwait, is responsible for the personal data described in this policy. For any privacy question or request, contact us at admin@inlightpublishers.com. Our editorial office in India processes personal data on our behalf, so your information may be held and used in both Kuwait and India, under the safeguards described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Account and contact details: name, email address, phone number, institution, country and ORCID iD, provided when you register, submit, review or contact us.
Submission and review records: manuscripts, cover letters, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence and decisions.
Application details: CVs and qualifications sent with applications to join as an editor or reviewer.
Payment details: billing name, address and transaction references for article processing charges and print orders. Card and bank details are handled by our payment provider and are not stored by us.
Newsletter details: your email address, if you subscribe.
Technical data: IP address, browser type, pages visited and similar information collected through cookies and server logs.

3. How We Use Your Information

To manage submissions, peer review and publication
To communicate with authors, reviewers, editors and readers
To publish articles and register DOIs and metadata with indexing and archiving services
To process payments, invoices, refunds and print orders
To assess applications to join our editorial and reviewer boards
To send newsletters and calls for papers to those who subscribed
To keep our websites secure, fix problems and improve our services
To meet legal, accounting and publication-ethics obligations

4. Information That Becomes Public

When an article is published, the authors' names, affiliations, ORCID iDs and the corresponding author's email address appear with it and in its metadata. Editorial board members' names, affiliations and professional contact details are shown on the journal websites. Reviewer identities are kept confidential.

5. Sharing Your Information

We share personal information only where needed for the purposes above:

with editors and reviewers handling a manuscript
with DOI registration, indexing and archiving services, for published articles
with our website hosting, email and payment service providers, under confidentiality obligations
with authorities, where required by law or to investigate research misconduct

We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing.

6. Cookies

Our websites use essential cookies to keep you logged in and remember your settings, and analytics cookies to understand how the sites are used. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some features may not work without essential cookies.

7. How Long We Keep Data

Records of published articles are kept permanently as part of the scholarly record. Records of unpublished submissions and reviews are kept for up to 5 years after a decision. Payment records are kept for as long as tax law requires. Newsletter details are kept until you unsubscribe.

8. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures, including encrypted connections and restricted access, to protect personal information. No online system is completely secure, so please use a strong password and keep it private.

9. Your Rights

You may ask to see the personal information we hold about you, correct it, delete it, or withdraw consent you have given (for example, to the newsletter). Write to admin@inlightpublishers.com; we reply within 30 days. Information that forms part of a published article may not be removable, but we can correct errors through our corrections process.

10. Children

Our services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, except where a research article reports anonymised data collected under proper ethical approval.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version, with its date, is always available on this page.