Effective Date: November 22, 2025
1. Introduction
Management Research in Emerging Information Systems (MAREINS) is committed to protecting the privacy and intellectual integrity of our community members, visiting scholars, and collaborators. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide to us through our website and communication channels.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal identification information from users in various ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, fill out a form, or seek academic collaboration. The types of data we collect include identity data such as your name and surname; professional data regarding your academic title, institution, affiliation, and professional role; contact data such as your email address; and inquiry data, which encompasses the content of your messages, research proposals, or specific areas of interest mentioned in your communications.
3. How We Use Your Information
MAREINS collects and uses personal information solely for academic and administrative purposes. Specifically, we use this data to facilitate communication by responding to your inquiries, feedback, or requests for collaboration; to foster community by evaluating potential contributions to our research groups or connecting you with relevant scholars within our network; and to improve our platform by analyzing aggregate usage data to enhance the user experience of our digital presence.
4. Data Protection and Security
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information. Your data is treated with the confidentiality required by academic ethics.
5. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our academic partners for the purpose of statistical analysis and research reporting.
6. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to other academic resources, journals, or partner institutions. MAREINS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, to request corrections, or to request the deletion of your data from our records. To exercise these rights, please contact us via the information provided below.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
MAREINS has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with MAREINS, please contact us at:
MAREINS
Emre Özyürek
Giresun University Rectorate, General Secretariat
Giresun, Turkey
mareins@mareins.com