Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

IJHSIR is published by the Association for Health Systems Analysis and Strengthening (AHSAS), Chandigarh, India. We handle personal data in line with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

What we collect. Names, email addresses, affiliations and ORCID iDs of authors, reviewers, editors and readers who register; manuscripts and files you upload; reviewer comments; and server logs (such as IP address and browser details).

Why. We use this data only to run the editorial process, publish accepted articles, and send notifications about your submissions, reviews and journal issues. We do not sell or share it for any other purpose.

Publication. Author names and affiliations are published with articles and are public. Reviewer identities are not published.

Processors. The site is hosted on Amazon Web Services in Mumbai, India. Emails are sent through Amazon SES and Brevo. These services process data only on our behalf.

Retention. Account and editorial records are kept while your account is active and for 5 years after your last activity, unless you ask for earlier deletion. Published author names and affiliations stay with the article permanently, as part of the scholarly record. Server logs are kept for up to 90 days.

Your rights. You may ask to access, correct or delete your personal data, or withdraw consent. Deletion does not apply to published articles, which form part of the scholarly record, although we will correct errors in them.

Contact and grievances. For questions or complaints about your personal data, write to the Chief Editor, at ijhsir.chd@gmail.com.

Last updated: 18 October 2026