Privacy Policy
Last updated: 7 Nov, 2026
Barr Publications Scholarly Press (BPSP) respects your privacy. This policy explains how personal data is collected, used and shared when you visit our website, contact us or take part in our publishing activities.
1. Who is responsible for your data?
Barr Management Consultancies, Nadd Al Hamar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the data controller for this website, which operates under Barr Publications Scholarly Press and presents the Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Smart Systems.
For privacy questions or requests, contact penny.barr@barrpublications.com.
2. Information we collect
We collect information you choose to provide when you contact us, including your name, email address, affiliation and the contents of your correspondence.
If you send us a manuscript or participate in editorial activities, we may also receive author details, professional information, submission files, declarations and related correspondence. Please provide only information necessary for your enquiry or submission, and ensure you are authorised to share information about other people.
Our website hosting and infrastructure providers may process technical information, including IP addresses, browser and device details, pages requested and access times, to deliver and protect the website.
3. How we use your information
We use personal data to:
- Respond to enquiries and communicate with you.
- Consider submissions and manage relevant editorial correspondence.
- Prepare and publish journal content and contributor profiles, where applicable.
- Operate, maintain and protect the website.
- Meet applicable legal obligations and address disputes or publication integrity concerns.
We process personal data with your consent where required, or where another lawful ground applies, such as taking steps at your request towards a publishing agreement, fulfilling that agreement or complying with legal obligations. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it by contacting us.
4. Publication and editorial confidentiality
Published articles and contributor profiles may include names, affiliations, biographies, professional identifiers and designated correspondence details. Published information is publicly accessible and may be indexed, downloaded or shared by others.
Unpublished manuscripts and editorial correspondence are handled as confidential materials. Access is limited to people and service providers who need it for the relevant publishing activity, subject to applicable confidentiality requirements and legal obligations.
Requests affecting published information are considered alongside our responsibilities to maintain an accurate scholarly record and comply with applicable law.
5. Who receives your information?
Personal data may be shared with website hosting, email and technical support providers as needed to operate our services. For relevant publishing activities, it may also be shared with authorised editors, reviewers and publishing service providers.
We may disclose information where required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Publicly published article information may be accessed by indexing and scholarly discovery services.
7. International processing
Our service providers and publishing collaborators may process personal data outside the UAE. Where this occurs, we will apply the safeguards required by applicable data protection law. Contact us for information about arrangements relevant to your data.
8. Retention and security
We retain personal data for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking account of applicable legal obligations, editorial responsibilities and the resolution of disputes. Published scholarly records may be retained on an ongoing basis. Other information is deleted or anonymised when it is no longer required.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure. No online service can guarantee absolute security.
9. Your rights
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may request access to your personal data, correction, erasure, restriction or cessation of processing, or transfer of eligible data. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on it and raise a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, email info@barrpublications.com. We may request information needed to verify your identity and will respond within the period required by applicable law. Some requests may be subject to legal exceptions or retention requirements.