The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes established herein and will not be provided to third parties or used for any other purposes.

Digital Journal of Forensic Science (ReCiF), located at Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n, between the General Directorate of School Administration (DGAE) and the UNAM Banfield Hospital, near the Universidad Metro station terminal, Coyoacán, Postal Code 04510, Mexico City, Mexico, is responsible for the processing of the personal data you provide. Such data will be protected in accordance with the General Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Obligated Entities and other applicable regulations.

Identification Data

The data collected from registered and unregistered users of the ReCiF fall within the scope of the standard operation of peer-reviewed journals.

The editorial team uses this information to support its publishing activities and improve the journal. Authors whose works are published in this journal are responsible for any data concerning individuals that may be contained in or appear in their published research.

What data does the journal collect?

For the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, we may collect the following personal data:

1. Full name

2. Institution

3. Sector

4. Area of expertise

5. Country

6. Gender

7. Email address

8. Landline or mobile telephone number

These data will be used exclusively for the purposes established by ReCiF and will not be provided to third parties or used for other purposes.

What information do we collect and for what purposes do we process your data?

• To send communications regarding the editorial process.

• To guide authors regarding the publication process and the improvement of the journal.

• To inform readers about authorship and content publication.

• To improve readers’ retrieval of information and articles of interest by collecting aggregated data on reader behavior and tracking elements of scholarly communication.

• To manage correspondence and the editorial workflow.

• To send information and communications related to scientific research, areas of interest, and the journal’s scope through various means, including the journal newsletter, managed through the ReCiF platform.

• To conduct statistical studies related to the journal’s areas of interest and scope.

• Not to make automated decisions based on user profiles.

We may also receive information through other platforms. For example, if you register through ORCID or similar technologies, the data contained in those platforms may be used. This may include personal text or images available on the external website.

How is my personal data processed by ReCiF?

Personal data are primarily processed for the following purposes:

• To contact you regarding matters related to the editorial process.

• To guide authors regarding their publication and contribution processes and the improvement of the journal.

• To provide readers with information regarding authorship and the improvement of ReCiF.

• To collect data that support analyses of reader behavior and the tracking of scholarly communication elements.

• To provide information related to scientific research, areas of interest, and the journal’s scope through various means, including the newsletter managed through the ReCiF platform.

• To generate statistics based on the areas of interest consulted.

• To receive information through other platforms, such as ORCID or similar technologies, which may include personal text or images collected by the external website.

Can I be certain that my data will not be used for purposes other than those I authorize?

Yes. ReCiF does not request sensitive personal data.

How is the processing of my personal data protected under applicable law?

Upon acceptance of the service and/or consent by the person accessing the website, newsletters may be sent to the email address authorized by the individual. Likewise, when the user subsequently accesses the platform, the actions resulting from previously granted consent may be carried out. Therefore, cookies will only be used with the user’s express consent and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

What rights do I have when providing my data?

• Anyone has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether ReCiF is processing personal data concerning them.

• Data subjects have the right to access their personal data and to request the rectification of inaccurate data or, where applicable, their deletion when, among other reasons, the data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected.

• Under certain circumstances, data subjects may request the restriction of the processing of their data, in which case we will retain them only for the exercise or defense of legal claims.

• Under certain circumstances and for reasons related to their particular situation, data subjects may object to the processing of their data. ReCiF will cease processing the data unless there are legitimate grounds for doing so or the data are required for the exercise or defense of potential legal claims.

• Data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI).

How can I exercise my rights?

You may do so through the ReCiF website or by email at recif@cienciaforense.facmed.unam.mx.

In addition, you may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, or objection regarding your personal data before the obligated entity in possession of such data, in this case, ReCiF (ARCO Rights).

Note: The website’s servers may automatically detect the user’s IP address and domain name. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. This information is recorded in a server activity log that allows subsequent processing for statistical purposes only, such as determining the number of page views, the number of visits to web services, the sequence of visits, the access point, and similar metrics. For these purposes, both OJS’s internal analytics systems and the external Google Analytics service are used.

Cookie Policy

ReCiF uses cookies to manage user sessions. These cookies are necessary if you are an author, reviewer, or editor of the journal. Cookies are not used when accessing the journal solely as a reader without registering.

On some pages, cookies are used to remember:

1. Presentation preferences;

2. The status of a submitted article;

3. Whether notifications related to the evaluation and editorial process of an article have been read;

4. Whether or not you have given consent for cookies to be used on our website; or

5. Reading access to published articles.

In addition, some multimedia resources, such as embedded videos on our pages, use cookies to generate anonymous statistics about how users accessed them and which videos they viewed.

Although cookies are not essential for the website to function, enabling them provides a better browsing experience. You may delete or block cookies; however, doing so may cause some website features to function improperly. Cookies are essential for accessing the article submission system and tracking the editorial process. Therefore, if cookies are disabled, you will not be able to use this system.

Information associated with cookies is not used to personally identify users. Furthermore, we retain full control over data concerning your browsing patterns. These cookies are used exclusively for the purposes described herein.

How long will my data be retained after I give my consent?

The personal data provided will be retained in a blocked status after the end of the relationship. The deletion of such data will be carried out in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties and other applicable legislation.

Changes to the Privacy Notice

If this Privacy Notice is modified, we will notify you through the ReCiF website and by email at the address provided when consent to this data policy was granted.