Privacy Policy & Ethics

Academic Confidentiality • Zero Monetization of Intellectual Telemetry

1. Scholarly Data Ethics

The Century Tree Reader is an independent scholarly review committed to the unfettered exchange of ideas. We operate on a strict privacy model that values reader anonymity and author confidentiality.

2. Information Collected

  • Editorial Submissions: Author names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses submitted alongside manuscripts solely for peer-review correspondence.
  • Server Access Logs: Standard server connection timestamps and HTTP request data collected purely for network diagnostics and cybersecurity.

3. Absolute Prohibition on Commercial Data Sales

We do not sell, license, lease, or distribute reader reading histories, author manuscripts, or personal contact details to third-party advertisers, data aggregators, or commercial marketing networks.

4. Double-Blind Peer Review Confidentiality

Unpublished manuscripts submitted to The Century Tree Reader remain the exclusive intellectual property of the author and are treated as strictly confidential during review cycles.

5. Editorial Inquiries

Questions regarding privacy practices or data record removal may be directed to our editorial secretary at [email protected].