Privacy Statement
Public Administration and Civil Service (PACS)
The journal Public Administration and Civil Service (PACS) processes personal data solely exclusively for academic and publishing purposes, including manuscript submission, peer review, editorial processing, and dissemination of scholarly content. The journal is responsible for ensuring lawful, fair, and secure processing of personal data.
The journal uses the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform to manage submissions, peer review, editorial workflows, and online publication.
Personal Data
Personal data includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as name, email address, affiliation, and electronic identifiers (e.g., IP addresses).
Purpose of Processing
- management of editorial and publishing processes;
- registration of authors, reviewers, and editors;
- manuscript submission, peer review, and publication;
- communication with contributors;
- dissemination of published articles and metadata.
Categories of Data
Mandatory: username, first name, last name, email address, country.
Encrypted: password.
Optional: ORCID, affiliation, biography, contact details, registration date.
Legal Basis
Processing is based on the user’s consent provided during registration and use of the journal website.
Data Storage and Security
Personal data are stored without a fixed retention period and protected by appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Data Disclosure
The journal does not disclose personal data to third parties except as required by law. Public metadata of published articles may be shared with indexing and abstracting services.
Contact Information
Editorial Office: journal@apa.kz
