Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered on this journal site will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. The personal data collected will form part of the automated external users file of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, as approved by its Governing Council during the session on November 4, 2019, with a publication date of November 8, 2019.

The purpose of this automated external users file is the administrative management of services provided to external users of the Small Business International Review (SBIR) journal facilities.

The data controller is the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), located at Pza. del Cronista Isidoro Valverde, Edif. La Milagrosa, C.P. 30202 Cartagena.

You are hereby informed that you may exercise your rights regarding the processing of your personal data by submitting an application to the General Registry at the UPCT's address or through the UPCT e-Records Office (https://sede.upct.es ). Upon receipt of your request, the Data Protection Officer (DPO) will handle the request and take the necessary internal steps to gather all relevant information.

The data collected from both registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the standard scope of operations for peer-reviewed journals. This data includes information that facilitates communication during the editorial process, informs readers about authorship and content editing, and enables the collection of aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking the geopolitical and social dimensions of scholarly communication.

The data will not be sold by this journal, nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here. Authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data included in their research.

Those involved in editing this journal strive to comply with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provisions for “data subject rights,” which include (a) breach notification; (b) the right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also recognizes “the public interest in the availability of data,” which is particularly important for those committed to maintaining, with the utmost integrity, the public record of scholarly publishing.

Further information on data protection and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena’s privacy policy is available at: https://privacidad.upct.es .