The brand “Factors” is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy of our users, and we prioritize creating a secure and protected user experience.
This Privacy Policy outlines the policies and practices for the collection and use of online data that apply to the factors.press websites and the factors.press family of websites (collectively referred to as “Factors and Factors Websites”). These websites currently include factors.press. It also encompasses the order forms and member services accessible from these websites. Please note that the Factors Websites may contain links to other websites that are beyond our control. We hold no responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of such external websites that you may visit through a link on the Factors Websites.
This Policy covers the information required under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
– The types of Personal Data we collect.
– How we process Personal Data and the legal basis for processing.
– Parties with whom we may share Personal Data.
– Retention periods for your Personal Data.
– Measures in place to safeguard your Personal Data.
– Transfers of Personal Data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
– Your rights concerning your Personal Data.
– Where to address any questions or complaints you may have.
- Personal Data
Personal Data (also referred to in this policy as Personal Information) refers to any information related to an individual who can be identified by means of an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or other specific factors that pertain to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that individual.
- Personal Information We Collect
When you visit the Factors websites, there are four types of information that you may provide to us: contact information that you willingly disclose, billing information when you join, subscribe, or make a purchase, demographic or other information about you, and technical information collected as you interact with our websites.
- Contact Information
In certain sections of the Factors websites, we may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, email address, and telephone number.
- Purchaser Information
In specific areas of the Factors websites, we may request that you provide your credit card number, contact information, and billing details.
- Demographic Information
In other sections, we collect or may collect demographic information such as your age, career focus and discipline, preferences, gender, educational degrees, ethnic background, interests, and household income range. Sometimes, we collect or may collect a combination of information types. Examples of areas on the Factors websites where we collect or may collect personal or combined personal and demographic data include pages where you can sign up for a service, submit a resume, participate in a contest, or make a purchase.
- Technical Information
We also collect or may collect certain information about your website usage, such as the areas you visit and the services you access. Additionally, we may collect information about your computer hardware and software, including but not limited to your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. Some of this information is collected using cookies (explained below).
- Use of Personal Information
The collected information may be utilized by Factors for the purpose of providing you with the requested content, operating and enhancing the Factors websites, ensuring a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services we offer.
We may also employ the gathered information to notify you about other products or services available from the Factors websites or to contact you regarding your feedback on current products and services or potential new offerings.
Your contact information may be used to send you email, postal mail, or other communications regarding updates on the Factors websites, such as job alerts, newsletters, new opportunities, and additional listings that may be of interest to you. Additionally, we may use it to provide you with information about third-party products and services that align with your interests and preferences if you choose to receive such communications. The nature and frequency of these messages will depend on the information we have about you. Furthermore, during registration for certain services, such as Factors Careers Job Alerts or free limited access to any of the Factors websites, you have the option to opt in for additional communications, information, newsletters, and promotions related to topics that may be of particular interest to you.
If in the future we intend to process your Personal Data for a purpose other than the one for which it was initially collected, we will provide you with information regarding that purpose and any other pertinent details.
For EU-based visitors and subscribers, the following table presents the information required by the GDPR concerning our utilization of your personal information.
| Personal Information | Legal Basis for Processing |
| Contact information, such as name, address, email address, and telephone number. | Consent given to provide you with the requested content and as necessary for the fulfilment of a contract. |
| Purchaser information, including credit card number, contact information, and billing details. | Essential for delivering the requested content to you. |
| Demographic information, including age, career focus and discipline, preferences, gender, educational degrees, ethnic background, interests, and household income range. | Legitimate purpose of offering tailored content to meet your needs. |
| Technical information, including your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. | Legitimate purpose of verifying subscribers’ authenticity and enhancing website performance. |
- Retention of Personal Information
We keep all the personal information we collect from visitors or subscribers for an indefinite period, as required to fulfill our agreement with you. We also retain certain anonymized information collected from visitors or subscribers indefinitely for the legitimate purpose of conducting website analytics and ensuring efficient, practical, and relevant use of our website by all visitors. If there is no legal basis or any other obligation to retain your data, and if there has been no activity from you for thirty-six (36) months, any unnecessary data will be deleted.
- Sharing Data
We do not share or reveal your personal information to third parties except in the following circumstances:
| Personal Information | Purpose of Sharing |
| Technical information | With Factors business partners for the legitimate purpose of understanding usage patterns for Factors Websites and those of our partners. |
| Technical information | With web hosting and other technical service providers for the legitimate purpose of hosting our web servers and ensuring information security for our networks. |
| Contact information | With consultants and vendors for the legitimate purpose of providing customer support and marketing assistance. |
| Credit card information | With credit card processors for purposes of processing credit card transactions in connection with the subscriber’s contract with the Factors websites. |
| Contact information | With our business partners, with your consent, for the purposes of providing you with products or services tailored to your interests and preferences. |
- Furthermore, we may disclose personal information under certain circumstances. This includes situations where we are legally obligated to do so, when requested by a governmental entity, or when we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to:
– comply with legal requirements or adhere to legal processes.
-safeguard the rights or property of Factors.
-prevent a crime or protect national security.
-ensure the personal safety of users or the general public.
- In the event that any of the Factors Websites undergo a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Factors or its bankruptcy trustee may sell, license, or otherwise transfer such information in a manner approved by the bankruptcy court as required by law.
- Similarly, if the Factors business is acquired, whether partially or wholly, by a third party through a merger, consolidation, or purchase, we will disclose and transfer the information to the acquiring party.
- Additionally, the Factors may share aggregated and anonymized information about visitors to Factors Websites with its clients, partners, and other third parties. This allows them to gain insights into the types of visitors accessing Factors Websites and how they utilize the site.
- Transfer of Data Outside the EEA
Personal data collected on this website may be transferred to and stored or processed at a location outside the European Economic Area (EEA). These destinations may not have data privacy provisions equivalent to those in the EEA countries where you provided your personal data. We transfer your data to the India with your consent or when necessary to fulfill the services you have requested. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is processed securely and in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
- Users Rights Under the GDPR Regarding Personal Data
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), visitors and subscribers based in the EU have certain rights concerning their personal data. These rights include the ability to request access to the personal data we store about you, to correct or update this data, to limit our processing of the personal data, to delete the data, and to receive a copy of the data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (data portability). If you wish to exercise any of these rights under the GDPR, you can contact us. Please use “GDPR query” as the subject line of your email and provide a detailed description of the specific right you are seeking assistance with. We may need to request additional information from you and reserve the right to charge a fee for certain requests. We will inform you whether your request has been accepted or declined, or if any exemptions apply.
If you have given your consent for the processing of your data, you have the right (under certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time. Please note that this withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing that occurred prior to the withdrawal. If you believe that we have not complied with the GDPR requirements regarding your personal data, you have the right to leave the Factors website immediately and not use any service related to factors.
- Information You Share
If you share any personal information in public or social network sections of the Factors Websites, such as online forums or chat rooms, it may be visible to other users of these services and could be collected and utilized by individuals or entities beyond our control. Factors is not liable for the manner in which third parties utilize the information you share or make available in public areas of the Factors Websites. Even if you delete such information from the Factors Websites, it may still be accessible through cached or archived pages of the Factors Websites, or if others have copied or saved that information.
- Opt-In and Opt-Out Options
The registration forms and other sections of the Factors Websites, where we gather your information, offer you the necessary choices to opt-in or opt-out of promotional activities and other communications with you.
- E-mail Communication
For Factors users, there is an option to receive informational e-mails from first or third parties, or to opt out of all e-mail communication, excluding transactional emails such as subscription renewals and association election information. Users can manage their email preferences by logging into their respective section and accessing the edit contact Information section. Alternatively, they can contact Factors support. Subscribers to Factors publications, including journals, also have the choice to opt in for informational e-mails from first or third parties, or to opt out of all e-mail communication (excluding subscription renewal information) by reaching out to Factors support.
- E-mail Communication for Users of Free Services and Products:
For Factors users who access free online services, such as partial content from the factors family of journals, News from Science, e-mail alerting services/newsletters, or factors may contact them via e-mail as part of the agreement for these free services, where permitted by law. Users who fall under CASL and GDPR regulations and utilize free online services have the option to opt in for e-mails from Factors. Additionally, users can choose to receive informational e-mails from third parties.
If users do not wish to receive e-mail alerting services or newsletters, they can unsubscribe by following the instructions provided at the bottom of any e-mail message from Factors, in accordance with applicable laws. Users who prefer not to receive e-mails can also follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any e-mail message from Factors.
Registrants of factors might modify their communication preferences by accessing their account preferences through the website. By logging in and clicking on the settings icon, they can make changes to their communication options.
Please note that the afore mentioned examples illustrate opt-in/opt-out choices and may not encompass all available options on the Factors websites.
- Cookies
Factors utilizes cookies, which are text files placed on your hard drive by a webpage server, to enhance your site experience. These cookies help deliver faster and more accurate results and contribute to a personalized browsing experience. Additionally, they enable us to track clickstreams, balance server loads, and gather analytical insights.
In our advertising efforts, we employ some framework for Remarketing, a service by Google that facilitates remarketing and behavioural targeting. To serve relevant ads based on users’ past visits to our website, we utilize data from Google and Adobe Analytics, as well as the DoubleClick cookie. To prevent spam and abuse of certain forms, we employ reCAPTCHA, a tool provided by Google. It assists in distinguishing between human users and automated bots during form submissions.
- Web Beacons
Factors’ webpages may include electronic images known as web beacons (also referred to as single-pixel GIFs) that enable us to track the number of users who have visited those pages and provide co-branded services. These web beacons do not access any personally identifiable information on the Factors website. Instead, they serve as a tool for us to gather aggregated statistics about website usage. The information collected by web beacons is limited and includes a cookie identifier, the time and date of a page view, and a description of the page where the web beacon is located.
- Feedback
Factors provides a section on our websites where you can share your feedback. Any feedback you submit in this section becomes our ownership, and we have a legitimate interest in reaching out to you for additional information.
- How We Safeguard Your Information
At Factors, we prioritize the protection of your privacy and data. However, it’s important to note that while we implement industry-standard physical, technical, and managerial safeguards, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information you transmit to us through the Factors websites. There is a possibility that your information may be accessed, disclosed, altered, or compromised.
We take reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal information by implementing technical, administrative, and physical controls. If you have any concerns or inquiries regarding the security measures employed on the Factors websites, please feel free to reach out to us.
- Payment Processing
Factors utilizes third-party payment services to facilitate the purchase of specific products or services from the Factors website. For instance, when you buy back issues of Factors through our authorized provider, you will be redirected to the website of the respective service provider to complete the transaction. Please note that any information you provide to the third-party service provider is governed by their privacy policy and not by this Privacy Policy. We do not have control over the privacy practices or policies of these third-party service providers. It is important to understand that using third-party service providers for purchasing products or services offered on the Factors website is done at your own risk.
We have implemented security measures to ensure that all credit transactions take place in a secure area of our website, aiming to protect your information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration. However, it is impossible for us to guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never bypass these measures or misuse your personal information. When you place an online order on any of the Factors websites, your credit card information is safeguarded using Transport Layer Security encryption to secure web content.
- Additional Terms and Rules for Social Networking
Factors provides social networking services on its websites or any third-party websites which may have their own specific terms of conduct, privacy policies, and privacy settings. When you register for these services, you will need to agree to and configure these additional terms, policies, and settings.
- Updating Your Information
We value the accuracy of your contact information to ensure that you receive all relevant communications and to avoid any issues with the delivery of our publications and products.
If you have a Factors ID as a member or customer, you can easily update your personal information or account details by logging into My Profile. For other registrants or users, you might update your personal information by sending an email to us at any time on contact us page.
- Changes to Privacy Statement
In the event of any modifications to our Privacy Statement for the Factors Websites, we will make sure to update and publish those changes on this page. This way, you will always be informed about the information we collect, how we may utilize it, and with whom we may share it.
We appreciate your feedback regarding this Privacy Statement. If you are a user and believe that we have not adhered to this statement, please feel free to contact us via email. We will make every reasonable effort to promptly address and resolve any concerns. Thank you for choosing the Factors Websites.
- Legal Requests
Factors reserves the right to disclose your information in response to authorized information requests from governmental authorities or as mandated by law.
- Acceptance of These Terms
By using the Factors websites and services, you acknowledge and agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree with all of these terms, please refrain from using the Factors websites and services.
