Privacy Statement

The names, affiliations, and email addresses entered in this journal website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Personal Data Protection and GDPR Compliance
The Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy processes personal data in accordance with  Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) and applicable national data protection legislation.

Personal data collected through this website (including names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, and contact details) are used solely for purposes related to:
- manuscript submission and peer review;
- editorial communication;
- publication and indexing of accepted articles.

The legal basis for processing personal data is the legitimate interest of the journal in managing scholarly publishing activities and, where applicable, the explicit consent of the data subject.

Right of Access, Rectification, and Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”)
Data subjects have the right to:
- access their personal data held by the journal;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
- request erasure of their personal data (“right to be forgotten”), where such data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, and where erasure does not conflict with legal, ethical, or archival obligations related to scholarly publishing.

Requests for access, correction, or erasure of personal data may be submitted to the editorial office via the contact details provided on the journal website.

Data Retention and Integrity of the Scholarly Record
Personal data associated with published articles (such as author names and affiliations) form part of the permanent scholarly record and cannot be removed or anonymized after publication, except in exceptional cases and in accordance with accepted publication ethics standards (e.g. retractions or corrections).

Confidentiality and Security
The journal takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. Access to personal data is limited to authorized editorial staff and is used strictly for journal-related activities.

Contact
Questions or requests concerning personal data protection and privacy may be addressed to the editorial office via the contact information provided on the journal website.