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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