Privacy Statement

Psycounia: Indonesian Journal of Psychology and Counseling, published by CV. Nawasena Cakrawala, respects the privacy and confidentiality of authors, reviewers, editors, and other users of the journal website. Personal information collected through the journal’s submission, peer review, and publishing systems is handled responsibly and used only for legitimate scholarly and editorial purposes.

Collection of Personal Information

The journal may collect personal information provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and other users when they register, submit manuscripts, participate in the peer review process, or communicate with the Editorial Team.

Such information may include, where applicable:

Full name;
Institutional affiliation;
Academic or professional position;
Email address;
ORCID or other researcher identifiers;
Contact information provided for editorial purposes; and
Other information necessary for manuscript submission, peer review, and publication.

Users are expected to provide accurate information when registering or submitting materials to the journal.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected by Psycounia is used only for purposes related to the operation and development of the journal, including:

Processing and managing manuscript submissions;
Communicating with authors regarding their manuscripts;
Coordinating the peer review process;
Communicating with reviewers and Editorial Team members;
Managing editorial and publication activities;
Preparing and publishing appropriate bibliographic information;
Maintaining accurate journal and publication records; and
Improving the quality and effectiveness of the journal’s editorial and publishing services.

Personal information will not be used for purposes unrelated to journal operations without appropriate authorization.

Confidentiality of Personal Information

The journal is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of personal information submitted through its editorial and publishing systems.

In accordance with the journal’s Double-Blind Peer Review policy, the identities of authors and reviewers are kept confidential during the peer review process. Reviewers are not permitted to disclose information about manuscripts under review, including the identity of authors or the content of unpublished manuscripts.

Likewise, authors are not provided with the identities of reviewers participating in the double-blind review process.

Disclosure of Information

The journal does not sell, rent, or trade users’ personal information to third parties for commercial purposes.

Personal information may be disclosed when necessary for legitimate scholarly, editorial, technical, or legal purposes, including when required by applicable laws or regulations, or when necessary to protect the integrity of the journal and its publication processes.

Published articles may contain information such as authors’ names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and other bibliographic information that authors have provided for scholarly publication. Such information is considered part of the public scholarly record.

Information Provided to Reviewers

Information necessary for reviewers to evaluate a manuscript may be shared through the journal’s peer review system. However, personal information that could compromise the double-blind peer review process will be handled in accordance with the journal’s confidentiality requirements.

Reviewers must treat all manuscripts and associated information as confidential and must not use unpublished information obtained through the review process for personal or professional purposes.

Data Security

The Editorial Team takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or loss.

However, users should understand that no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. The journal therefore continually seeks to improve its procedures for protecting information associated with the journal’s editorial and publishing activities.

Cookies and Website Usage

The journal website may use standard technical mechanisms, including cookies or similar technologies, where necessary to support website functionality, user authentication, session management, security, and improvement of website services.

Such technologies are intended to support the operation and usability of the journal website and are not intended to compromise users’ privacy.

Third-Party Services

The journal may use third-party platforms or services to support manuscript submission, peer review, indexing, digital preservation, website operation, or other scholarly publishing functions.

Where such services are used, relevant information may be processed in accordance with the applicable terms and privacy policies of those services. The journal seeks to use such services responsibly and only for legitimate publishing-related purposes.

Retention of Information

Personal information and editorial records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to maintain accurate scholarly, administrative, and publication records.

Information associated with published articles may be retained as part of the permanent scholarly record, while unpublished or administrative information is handled according to the journal’s operational and legal requirements.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

Psycounia: Indonesian Journal of Psychology and Counseling may periodically update this Privacy Statement to reflect changes in journal operations, technology, applicable regulations, or scholarly publishing practices.

Any significant changes will be communicated through the official journal website where appropriate.

By registering with, submitting to, reviewing for, or otherwise using the Psycounia journal platform, users acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Statement.

Psycounia: Indonesian Journal of Psychology and Counseling
Published by CV. Nawasena Cakrawala
Established 17 August 2026