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Privacy Policy

We collect only the information needed to run the publication. Your privacy is a priority.

1. Data Controller

  • Sabil Journal is the data controller for your personal information. For any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at editor@sabil-journal.com.

2. Data We Collect

  • Email address: collected when you subscribe to our newsletter, post a comment, or create an account.
  • Browsing data: pages visited, preferred language, aggregated and anonymised analytics (views, trends). No personally identifiable information is linked to these statistics.
  • Comment content: text submitted publicly under an article, along with a display name and a contact email address (not published).

3. Purposes of Processing

  • Sending the editorial newsletter (legal basis: consent).
  • Displaying and moderating comments (legal basis: legitimate interest).
  • Improving the reading experience and editorial content through anonymous statistics (legal basis: legitimate interest).
  • Responding to contact requests (legal basis: consent).

4. Retention Periods

  • Email addresses (newsletter): retained until unsubscription.
  • Comments: retained while the article is published. Deletion requests can be sent to the editor.
  • Analytics data: 24 months, in aggregated form.

5. Your Rights (GDPR)

  • Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, portability, and objection.
  • To exercise these rights, contact us at editor@sabil-journal.com. We respond within 30 days.

6. Cookies

  • We use strictly necessary technical cookies (language preference, session) and anonymised analytics cookies. No advertising or third-party profiling cookies are used.
  • For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

7. Data Sharing

  • We do not sell or share your personal data for commercial purposes. Technical service providers (hosting, email delivery) may process your data as sub-processors in compliance with GDPR.

8. Changes to This Policy

  • This policy may be updated from time to time. The current version is always available on this page. Any material changes will be notified to subscribers.

Last updated: May 2026