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The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that makes communication possible for the editorial process and for the information, products and services that you request from us; it is used to informs readers about the authorship and editing of content; it allows us to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (CAND member journal access, subscriber journal access, and Pay-Per-View); and it enables collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication.

The CAND Journal Editors and its Publisher (the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors) use this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal, the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors, or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here. The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data that figures in the research reported here. We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to.

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Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.

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