Introduction

Your privacy is important to the Water and Environmental Sustainability (WES).  This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that WES Journal collects and the ways in which WES uses that personal information. WES is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party. 

Personal information collection

WES Journal may collect and use personal information that is necessary for the processing and publication of manuscripts submitted to us. This information may include names, affiliation and contact details; including postal address, emails, phone numbers and fax numbers. 

Using personal information

Any personal information received by WES will only be used to: process and publish your manuscript.

- Administer this website;

- Personalize the website for you;

- Enable your access to and use of the website services;

- Process your manuscript;

- Publish your manuscript;

- Send to you communication about your manuscript

- Send to you statements and invoices;

- Collect payments from you; and

- Send you marketing communications. 

Where WES discloses your personal information to its agents or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement. In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, WES may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights. 

Securing your data

WES will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. 

Cross-border data transfers

Information that WES collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which WES operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy. In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and will be available around the world. 

Contact WES Journal

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or WES ' treatment of your personal information, please send an email to editor@journalwes.com 

For more information, visit the website About Journal pages.