Privacy Statement

This notice explains how personal data are processed on ulakbilge.com under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).

Data controller

Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü (owner and publisher of Ulakbilge Journal of Social Sciences), Oğulbey Mahallesi, Kümeevleri 571, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Türkiye. Contact: bilgi@artsurem.tr. Artsürem Yayıncılık, which hosts the journal website, processes data only as far as the publishing service requires.

Data processed

When a user account is created or a manuscript is submitted: name, surname, email address, affiliation, country, ORCID iD and optional contact details; during review: submissions, review reports and correspondence; technical data on the use of the site (IP address, browser information, session cookie).

Purposes and legal grounds

Data are processed to review and publish submissions, to communicate with authors, reviewers and editors, to index articles and register their persistent identifiers, and for site security and usage statistics, on the legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the KVKK: the conclusion and performance of a contract, legitimate interest and, where necessary, explicit consent. Data are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

Transfers

For published articles, the authors’ names, affiliations, countries and ORCID iDs are public as part of the article; this information is sent to Crossref for DOI registration and appears in the databases in which the articles are indexed. Reviewers’ identities are not disclosed to authors.

Cookies and statistics

The site uses a session cookie that is necessary for logging in; no advertising or tracking cookies are used. Article and issue view statistics are kept by OJS with IP addresses anonymised so that individuals cannot be identified. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but you will then be unable to log in.

Retention

Account data are kept until the account is deleted, and review records for at least five years after publication. Author information in published articles is kept permanently as part of the scholarly record.

Your rights

To find out whether your data are processed, to request their correction or deletion, or to exercise your other rights under Article 11 of the KVKK, write to bilgi@artsurem.tr. You can also update your account details on your profile page.