Privacy Policy
Neural Prosody, LLC · Effective March 2026
Neural Prosody collects only the personal data necessary to operate its publishing services.
We do not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and how you can exercise your rights.
Who We Are
Neural Prosody, LLC is an independent academic publisher incorporated in Texas, United States. We operate open-access peer-reviewed journals in psychology and behavioral science, including H0 Journal, through an Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Neural Prosody, LLC is the data controller for personal data collected through our website, submission system, and editorial correspondence. Our editorial office may be contacted at [editorial office email address] for all privacy-related inquiries.
This policy applies to all individuals who interact with Neural Prosody’s publishing services, including authors, peer reviewers, readers, and any other party who submits personal data to us through any channel.
Personal Data We Collect
Neural Prosody collects personal data through three primary channels: the OJS submission system, email correspondence, and payment processing via PayPal. The following table summarizes the categories of data collected through each channel, the purpose of collection, and the legal basis under which it is processed.
| Channel | Data collected | Purpose | Legal basis |
| OJS submission system | Name, email address, institutional affiliation, ORCID (optional), manuscript metadata, review history, account credentials | Manuscript submission, peer review coordination, editorial correspondence, publication | Contract performance; legitimate interests (publishing operations) |
| Email correspondence | Name, email address, institutional affiliation, and any personal data included in the body of correspondence | Editorial communications, inquiry responses, reviewer and author correspondence | Legitimate interests (editorial operations) |
| PayPal / payment processing | Name, email address, payment confirmation data (transaction ID); Neural Prosody does not receive or store payment card or bank account details | Processing reviewer compensation payments and author APC payments | Contract performance; legal obligation (tax reporting) |
Neural Prosody does not use website analytics services that collect personally identifiable data. We do not operate advertising networks, tracking pixels, or behavioral profiling systems. We do not collect data from minors knowingly or intentionally; our services are directed at researchers and scholars of adult age.
How We Use Personal Data
Neural Prosody uses personal data solely for the following purposes:
Operating the manuscript submission and peer review process, including communicating with authors and reviewers about submissions under their management
Publishing accepted articles, including displaying author names, affiliations, and ORCIDs in published article metadata
Maintaining a reviewer database for the purpose of identifying qualified reviewers for submitted manuscripts
Processing reviewer compensation and author APC payments through PayPal
Complying with legal obligations, including U.S. federal tax reporting requirements for payments meeting applicable reporting thresholds
Responding to inquiries directed to the editorial office
Investigating and resolving allegations of research misconduct or publication ethics violations in accordance with our published policies
Neural Prosody does not use personal data for marketing, advertising, profiling, or any purpose unrelated to its publishing operations. We do not sell, rent, license, or otherwise transfer personal data to third parties for commercial purposes.
Data Sharing and Third Parties
Service providers
Neural Prosody shares personal data with third-party service providers only to the extent necessary to operate its publishing services. Current service providers that may process personal data on Neural Prosody’s behalf include:
Open Journal Systems (OJS) — the OJS platform on which manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are managed. OJS is open-source software developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP); hosting is provided by OpenJournalSystems.com.
CrossRef — DOI registration service. Article metadata including author names and ORCIDs is supplied to CrossRef for DOI registration and is made publicly available through CrossRef’s metadata API.
DataCite — research data DOI registration. Dataset metadata supplied by authors and registered by Neural Prosody is made publicly available through DataCite’s metadata registry.
PayPal — payment processing for reviewer compensation and author APCs. PayPal’s privacy policy governs the processing of payment data. Neural Prosody does not receive or store payment card or bank account details.
Publication metadata
Author names, institutional affiliations, ORCIDs, and article metadata are made publicly available as part of the published record. This includes metadata supplied to CrossRef, DataCite, indexing services, and discovery platforms. Authors consent to this disclosure by submitting a manuscript for publication.
Peer reviewer identities are not published and are not disclosed to authors, to other reviewers, or to third parties, except where the reviewer has explicitly consented to disclosure by signing their review report.
Legal disclosure
Neural Prosody may disclose personal data where required to do so by applicable law, court order, or regulatory authority, or where disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Neural Prosody, its staff, authors, reviewers, or the public. Where legally permissible, Neural Prosody will notify the affected individual prior to disclosure.
Data Retention
Neural Prosody retains personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, subject to the following guidelines:
Submission and peer review records — retained for a minimum of seven years following the editorial decision, to support the investigation of any subsequent misconduct allegations or appeals
Published article metadata — retained indefinitely as part of the permanent published record
Reviewer database records — retained for as long as the individual remains an active or potential reviewer; individuals may request removal at any time
Payment records — retained for seven years in accordance with U.S. federal tax record-keeping requirements
General correspondence — retained for three years from the date of the most recent exchange, unless the correspondence relates to an ongoing matter requiring longer retention
Data that is no longer required for any active purpose and for which the retention period has expired is deleted or anonymized. Anonymized data from which no individual can be identified may be retained indefinitely for operational or statistical purposes.
Your Privacy Rights
Neural Prosody respects the privacy rights of all individuals whose data we process. The rights available to you depend on your jurisdiction. The following rights apply to individuals in the European Union, European Economic Area, and United Kingdom under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent legislation, and are extended as a matter of policy to all individuals regardless of jurisdiction:
Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal data Neural Prosody holds about you
Right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
Right to erasure — you may request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to our legal retention obligations
Right to restriction of processing — you may request that we limit the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances
Right to data portability — you may request a copy of your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format for transfer to another controller
Right to object — you may object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis for processing
To exercise any of these rights, please contact the editorial office at [editorial office email address]. Neural Prosody will respond to all privacy rights requests within 30 days. Where a request cannot be fulfilled—for example, where erasure would conflict with a legal retention obligation—we will explain the reason in writing.
Individuals in the EU, EEA, or UK who are not satisfied with Neural Prosody’s response to a privacy rights request have the right to lodge a complaint with their applicable data protection supervisory authority.
International Data Transfers
Neural Prosody is based in Texas, United States. Personal data submitted to Neural Prosody by individuals located outside the United States—including individuals in the EU, EEA, and UK—is transferred to and processed in the United States. The United States does not have an adequacy decision from the European Commission for all contexts of data transfer.
Neural Prosody processes personal data from international users on the basis of the performance of a contract (for authors and reviewers engaging with our publishing services) and legitimate interests (for general correspondence and editorial operations). We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data in transit and at rest.
Authors and reviewers who have concerns about the international transfer of their personal data are encouraged to contact the editorial office prior to submitting data to Neural Prosody’s systems.
Data Security
Neural Prosody implements reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include access controls on the OJS platform, encrypted communications for editorial correspondence, and secure payment processing through PayPal.
No system of data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of affected individuals, Neural Prosody will notify affected parties and, where required by applicable law, the relevant supervisory authority, in accordance with applicable breach notification requirements.
Cookies and Website Tracking
The Neural Prosody website and OJS platform use cookies necessary for the operation of the site, including session cookies that maintain your logged-in state in the OJS submission system. These cookies are essential to the functioning of the platform and cannot be disabled without affecting your ability to use the submission system.
Neural Prosody does not use advertising cookies, behavioral tracking cookies, or third-party analytics services that collect personally identifiable data. We do not operate cookie consent banners for tracking purposes because we do not engage in tracking. If this changes, this policy will be updated and a cookie consent mechanism will be implemented before any tracking cookies are deployed.
Changes to This Policy
Neural Prosody reviews this Privacy Policy annually as part of its standard policy review cycle, and may update it at any time in response to changes in applicable law, our data processing practices, or the services we operate. Material changes—those that significantly affect how we collect, use, or share personal data—will be communicated to registered OJS users by email prior to taking effect. The effective date at the top of this policy reflects the date of the most recent revision.
Continued use of Neural Prosody’s services following a material update to this policy constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. Individuals who do not accept the revised terms should discontinue use of Neural Prosody’s services and may contact the editorial office to request deletion of their personal data, subject to our legal retention obligations.
Contact
All privacy-related inquiries, rights requests, and complaints should be directed to the Neural Prosody editorial office:
Neural Prosody, LLC — Privacy Inquiries
Email: editorialoffice@neuralprosody.com
Neural Prosody, LLC — Texas, United States
We aim to respond to all privacy inquiries within 30 days.