Yellowback Ltd Privacy notice
The privacy of individuals is important to us, not least as an organisation that helps to facilitate double-bind peer review in some of its work. This notice sets out our privacy policy, which applies to information collected on our website and to our interactions with clients and those enquiring about our services.
Please read the policy carefully and contact us if you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices.
Information we collect and what we do with it
We collect the names, email addresses and queries set to us using our contact form. We use this to reply directly to enquiries about our services and by sending us this information you consent to us responding to it. We treat this information as confidential and do not share it with any other individuals or organisations. If, in the future, you no longer wish us to contact you or store your personal information, please contact us.
We additionally collect names, email addresses, institutional affiliations and research interests in relation to the authors, editors and reviewers of publications on which we are contracted to provide editorial support (e.g. to perform administrative/production checks to support the peer review process, or to identify or contact existing or potential authors, reviewers and editors).
If you submit a manuscript for publication in one of the journals on which we are contracted to provide editorial support, contact us directly or we gather your data from publicly available websites or databases, we may share your data with the relevant client (usually a publisher or learned society), their service providers and other relevant parties to allow us to fulfil our role on that publication. In this context, your data may also be added to our own database, our client’s database or third-party software, such as editorial management software.
Use of cookies and other technologies
We use a cookies tool on our website which relies on implied consent of users. We also use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
Securing personal data
We only store minimal personal data to allow us to conduct our business and provide continuity to those we work with or who have contacted us about our services. The data that we do store is password protected on a limited number of devices, and accessible to limited individuals within the company.
Links to other websites/third-party content
Links to external sites and resources from our website, do not constitute endorsements, and we do not take any responsibility for the content (or information contained within) any linked website.
Your rights in relation to personal data
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union citizens have the following rights in relation to their personal data:
• To access personal information stored about you
• To request the correction and deletion of this material
• To require data portability (this is restricted to data provided by you)
• To restrict the processing and object to use of your data
• To lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office
You can contact us or the Information Commissioner’s Office, as appropriate, to exercise these rights. Data subject rights may be limited in circumstances where it would compromise the anonymity of the peer review process.
How to contact Yellowback Ltd.
Email: hello@ybediting.com
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8144 3884
Post: Great Bossingham Farmhouse, Manns Hill, CT4 6EB, UK