Privacy of our editorial and advisory board members, reviewers, authors(s) and coauthors(s) is important to us. We collect their personal information that includes their names, affiliation and contact details; including postal address, emails and phone numbers. Personal information that author(s), co-authors(s) submit for publication will be published on the internet and may be available around the world.  We don't share personal information of author(s) and co-authors(s) with reviewers and personal information of reviewers with author(s) and co-authors(s) as review process is double blind. Generally, we use authors' personal information for:

• Processing and publication of manuscripts submitted to us.
• Communication about manuscript corrections recommended by reviewers.
• Collection of payments from authors.
• Providing access to our website services.

We may disclose personal information of our editorial and advisory board members, reviewers, authors(s) and coauthors(s)  to authorities like HEC. Similarly, we may disclose it in pursuance of any legal procedure.