Privacy Statement

Scifood is committed to protecting the personal data of its users in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) and Act No. 18/2018 Coll. of the Slovak Republic on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended.

 

Data Controller

The data controller is:

HACCP Consulting s.r.o.
Slivková 12, 951 01 Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce, Slovakia
Company ID (IČO): 55118771
VAT ID: SK2121871257
Registered in the Commercial Register of the District Court of Nitra, Slovakia, Section Sro, Insert No. 59185/N
Official journal website: https://scifood.eu
Publisher website: https://www.haccp.sk

 

Personal Data Collected

The journal collects and processes personal data provided voluntarily by users, including authors, reviewers, and editors, such as:

  • names,
  • affiliations,
  • email addresses,
  • phones,
  • ORCID identifiers,
  • contact details,
  • authorship and contribution information.

 

Purpose of Data Processing

Personal data are processed exclusively for legitimate journal-related purposes, including:

  • manuscript submission and peer review,
  • editorial communication,
  • publication of articles and metadata,
  • journal administration and archiving,
  • indexing and abstracting services.

Personal data will not be used for commercial marketing purposes and will not be shared with third parties for purposes unrelated to scholarly publishing.

 

Legal Basis for Processing

Personal data are processed on the basis of:

  • the performance of a contract (provision of publication and editorial services),
  • compliance with legal obligations,
  • the legitimate interest of the journal in scholarly publishing,
  • explicit consent provided by the user where required.

By registering with the journal and submitting a manuscript, users acknowledge and agree to the processing of their personal data for these purposes.

 

Data Sharing and Indexing

Published articles and associated metadata (including author names, affiliations, and contact information as required by publishing standards) may be shared with:

  • indexing and abstracting services (e.g., SCOPUS, Crossref),
  • libraries and archiving services,
  • public repositories.

Such sharing is limited to what is necessary for scholarly communication and is carried out in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

 

Data Retention

Personal data related to submitted and published articles are retained for the duration necessary to fulfil publication, archiving, and indexing obligations.
Due to the nature of scholarly publishing, personal data included in published articles, metadata, and external indexing databases cannot be fully deleted after publication.

 

Rights of Data Subjects

In accordance with GDPR, users have the right to:

  • access their personal data,
  • request rectification of inaccurate data,
  • request restriction of processing,
  • object to processing where applicable,
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

Requests concerning personal data protection may be submitted in writing to the data controller.

 

Data Security

The journal implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.