Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website is operated by Open Access Institute for Research (Pvt.) Ltd. (“OAIFR”). Our website address is oaifr.com.

Comments

When visitors submit comments, we may collect the information provided in the comment form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information for spam detection and website security. Where applicable, an anonymized email hash may be processed by third-party services such as Gravatar in accordance with their privacy policies.

Media

Users should not upload images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS) or other unnecessary personal information. Uploaded media may be publicly accessible where published on the website.

Cookies

We use necessary cookies to support website functionality, authentication, security, user preferences, and session management. Where applicable, cookies may remember information voluntarily provided by users for convenience. Users may control cookies through their browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Articles or website pages may contain embedded content from third-party services, including videos, images, or other materials. Such content may be subject to the privacy practices, cookies, and data-collection policies of the respective third parties.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Personal information is not sold or disclosed for commercial purposes. Information may be shared with service providers where reasonably necessary for website operation, security, authentication, spam prevention, technical support, or compliance with applicable legal requirements. Password-reset requests may include the user’s IP address for security purposes.

Embedded content from other websites

Subject to applicable law and legitimate scholarly, legal, and security requirements, users may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information held by us. Requests may be subject to identity verification and applicable record-retention obligations.

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Certain website functions may rely on third-party service providers, including hosting, security, authentication, analytics, or spam-detection services, which may process limited information according to their respective policies.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell personal information or disclose it for commercial purposes. Personal information may be shared with authorized service providers only where necessary for website operation, authentication, security, spam prevention, technical services, or compliance with applicable legal obligations. If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the password-reset email for security purposes.

How long we retain your data

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including website administration, editorial operations, research-integrity requirements, security, legal obligations, and regulatory compliance. Comments and their associated metadata may be retained as part of the website record. Registered users’ profile information may be retained while their account remains active or as otherwise required for legitimate administrative, legal, or scholarly purposes.

Published articles and associated bibliographic, author, editorial, and publication metadata may be retained permanently to preserve the integrity and continuity of the scholarly record.

What rights you have over your data

Subject to applicable law and legitimate editorial, legal, security, and scholarly-record requirements, users may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal information. Users may also request information about the personal data held by us. Requests may require identity verification. We may retain information that is necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, research integrity, editorial records, or preservation of the permanent scholarly record.

Where your data is sent

Information may be processed by authorized third-party service providers where required for website functionality, hosting, authentication, security, analytics, or spam detection. Visitor comments may be processed through automated spam-detection services. Such processing is limited to legitimate operational purposes and is subject to applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.