Privacy Policy
Like other Open Access publishers, BMJ Open charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) once an article is accepted for publication. These charges cover the costs of turning a manuscript into a finished article, as well as the costs of hosting, distributing and promoting an article.
BMJ Open is committed to protecting the privacy of the users of the websites that comprise BMJ Open (collectively the “Site”). To inform you of our policy concerning user privacy, we have adopted the following guidelines. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change, and any such changes will be included on this page and shall become effective upon their posting on our website. Users might not get any communication in such change of policies.
The personal information BMJ Open collects will depend on how you are using the BMJ Open Site. We may collect information certain non-personally identifiable information, such as the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet Service Provider. In addition, we may collect personally identifiable information through correspondence you send to us. Unless you provide us with personally identifiable information, you remain anonymous to us other than by association with an Internet protocol address or other authentication mechanism.
BMJ Open does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission. BMJ Open use the personal information collected in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was intended to be used to enable your use of the Site; to respond to your inquiries; for system administration, customer support, and troubleshooting purposes for targeted marketing and product service announcements for sending newsletters; to improve the design of the Site; to enable us to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use; and in aggregate form, to track and analyze site usage. BMJ Open will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.
BMJ Open believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law. We transfer information about you if BMJ Open is acquired by or merged with another company. You may choose to give us personal information, such as your name and address or e-mail id that may be needed, for example, to correspond with you. If you tell us that you do not want us to use this information as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.
We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information. We will make a sincere effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to correct inaccuracies in your personal information. To correct inaccuracies in your personal information please return the message containing the inaccuracies to the sender with details of the correction requested. Our site contains external links to other organizations and websites, and we do not control the use of data collection on external websites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies and terms of use. This privacy policy governs only the BMJ Open.