Privacy Statement

Effective Date: 10/10/2026
Last Updated: 10/10/2026

Advances in Computing Intelligence and Engineering (ACIE) (“ACIE,” “the Journal,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and visitors to our website.

This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and protected when you visit the ACIE website, submit a manuscript, register with the journal, participate in the peer-review process, or communicate with the journal.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with the journal, we may collect the following information:

1.1 Authors and Contributors

When submitting or publishing a manuscript, we may collect:

· Full name

· Institutional affiliation

· Designation

· Postal address

· Institutional or professional email address

· ORCID iD, where provided

· Telephone number, where required

· Author biography, where provided

· Manuscript title, abstract, keywords, and full manuscript

· Funding information

· Conflict-of-interest declarations

· Author contribution information

· Other information required for editorial and publication purposes

1.2 Reviewers and Editorial Board Members

We may collect:

· Name

· Institutional affiliation

· Professional email address

· Academic and professional information

· ORCID iD, where provided

· Areas of expertise

· Reviewer comments and recommendations

· Editorial correspondence

Reviewer identities will be handled in accordance with the journal's applicable peer-review policy.

1.3 Website Visitors

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as:

· IP address

· Browser type

· Device type

· Operating system

· Date and time of access

· Pages visited

· Referring website

· General website usage information

This information may be used for website security, administration, analytics, and improving the user experience.

2. How We Use Personal Information

Information collected by ACIE may be used to:

· Process and manage manuscript submissions

· Conduct peer review

· Communicate with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers

· Manage editorial-board activities

· Publish accepted articles

· Maintain accurate publication and author records

· Assign and maintain article metadata

· Facilitate indexing, abstracting, and scholarly discovery

· Respond to enquiries

· Detect and investigate plagiarism, fraud, research misconduct, and other publication-ethics concerns

· Maintain website security

· Improve the journal website and its services

· Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

We will use personal information only for legitimate journal, publishing, administrative, security, or legal purposes.

3. Manuscript and Publication Information

Manuscripts submitted to ACIE may contain personal information relating to authors, contributors, research participants, institutions, or other individuals.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts comply with applicable privacy, confidentiality, consent, and research-ethics requirements before submission.

Information that forms part of a published article may become publicly available as part of the scholarly record.

4. Published Author Information

For accepted and published articles, ACIE may publicly display information such as:

· Author names

· Institutional affiliations

· Country

· ORCID iD, where provided

· Corresponding-author email address, where appropriate

· Article metadata

· Author biographies, where provided

Authors should ensure that the information supplied for publication is accurate and appropriate for public dissemination.

5. Peer Review Confidentiality

Information exchanged during the peer-review process will be treated confidentially in accordance with the journal's peer-review policy.

Reviewers should not disclose, copy, distribute, or use unpublished manuscript content for purposes unrelated to the review process.

The journal may retain peer-review records as part of its editorial and publication-ethics records.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The ACIE website may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential website functions, security, session management, and website analytics.

Where required by applicable law, visitors will be provided with appropriate information or choices regarding non-essential cookies.

Users may also configure their browser to restrict or disable cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

7. Website Analytics

The journal may use website analytics services to understand general patterns of website usage and improve website performance.

Analytics information may include page visits, traffic sources, browser information, device information, and general geographic information.

Where third-party analytics services are used, their processing of information will be subject to their respective privacy policies and applicable contractual or legal requirements.

8. Third-Party Services and Links

The ACIE website may contain links to external websites, including:

· ORCID

· DOI registration and metadata services

· Indexing and abstracting databases

· Research repositories

· Institutional websites

· Publisher websites

· Payment services, where applicable

ACIE is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. Users should review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

9. Data Security

ACIE takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against:

· Unauthorized access

· Unauthorized disclosure

· Accidental loss

· Alteration

· Destruction

· Misuse

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore exercise appropriate caution when transmitting information online.

10. Data Retention

Personal information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to:

· Complete editorial and publication activities

· Maintain the permanent scholarly record

· Meet legal and regulatory obligations

· Resolve disputes

· Investigate publication-ethics issues

· Maintain appropriate administrative records

Published scholarly information may be retained permanently as part of the academic record.

11. Data Sharing and Disclosure

ACIE does not sell personal information to third parties.

Personal information may be shared where necessary with trusted service providers and organizations supporting the journal's legitimate operations, such as:

· Manuscript submission and editorial-management systems

· DOI and metadata registration agencies

· Indexing and abstracting services

· Digital preservation and archiving services

· Website hosting and technical service providers

· Payment processors, where applicable

Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law, regulation, court order, or legitimate publication-ethics investigation.

12. Author and Reviewer Rights

Subject to applicable law and legitimate publishing requirements, individuals may have rights concerning their personal information, including the right to:

· Request access to personal information held about them

· Request correction of inaccurate information

· Request clarification about how their information is used

· Request deletion where legally applicable

Some information may need to be retained to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record, meet legal obligations, or investigate publication-ethics matters.

Requests should be sent to the journal's dedicated privacy/contact email.

13. Children's Privacy

The ACIE website is intended primarily for researchers, academics, professionals, students, and other users involved in scholarly communication.

The journal does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children for purposes unrelated to legitimate scholarly activities.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

ACIE may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:

· Journal operations

· Website functionality

· Publishing practices

· Applicable laws and regulations

· Data-processing practices

The updated version will be published on this page with the revised “Last Updated” date.

Privacy Statement

By using the ACIE website or submitting information to the journal, users acknowledge that their information may be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the journal's applicable editorial and publishing policies.