Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

The website found at www.hpub.eu, hereinafter referred to as “the Website” or “the Site”, is owned by the company “P. Lyritis & Co” (General Partnership Company), with registered offices established in Aghias Varvaras 30, Lykovrissi Attikis, 14123 Greece, hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we” or “Owner”. Tel.: 0030-210-2846530, Fax: 0030-210-2846531, Email: [email protected] .

The following terms specify the rights and responsibilities that derive from the use of the Website and govern the relationship between the Site and its visitors.

By accessing or using the Site, users agree explicitly, unreservedly and irrevocably to the following terms.

In case a user disagrees with one or more of these terms, he/she is requested to terminate the navigation around the Site and contact, if he/she wishes, the website administrator for any complaints.

The Site reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions at any time and without justification.

Modified terms and conditions will apply to the use of the Site from the date of their publication on the present section. Thus users are strongly advised to check the content of these terms at regular intervals. Continuing to use the Site following the posting of any changes, shall mean that the user has accepted and agreed to the changes.

In case one or more of these terms are declared partially/fully invalid or inapplicable, the validity of the rest of the terms is not affected.

2. Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is a matter of significant importance to us. Therefore, we have created this policy, in order to provide you with adequate information regarding the processing of your data by our Company. In order to be able to provide you with our services, while also complying with our legal obligations, we process information concerning the Website visitors, which may lead, directly or indirectly, to their identification.

According to the respective legal framework, some of this information is “personal data”, while you, the visitors or members, are characterized as “data subjects” and we, the Company, are the “processors” of your data.

The present policy covers data processing only for the purposes of running the Website, as well as all of the scientific journals published by the Company, in particular: the Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions ( JMNI ), the Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls ( JFSF ) and the Journal of Research and Practice on the Musculoskeletal System ( JRPMS ).

In case you have any questions regarding the processing of your data or the exercise of your rights, you are more than welcome to contact us. In case you have any questions regarding the processing of your data or the exercise of your rights, you are more than welcome to contact us.

Basic data processing principles

We are committed to ensure that your personal data will be processed in a fair and transparent manner, according to the legal framework, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In plain terms, this means that:

• We process your data only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes (purpose limitation).
• We make every effort in order to ensure the security of your data (integrity and confidentiality).oses set (data minimisation).
• We make every effort in order to ensure that your data are accurate (accuracy).
• We keep your data in a form which permits your identification for no longer than is necessary for the purposes set (storage limitation).
• We make every effort in order to ensure the security of your data (integrity and confidentiality).

In order to ensure the protection of your data, the Company takes all appropriate technical and organisational measures, trains its staff and uses technologies which ensure the security of your data (for example SSL certificate, encryption, certified hosting providers).

We monitor the security measures on a regular basis and, if deemed necessary, we align them with the new best practises.

What types of data we process

Typically, we process your data through the Website only when you provide them in an active manner to us (e.g. by filling out a contact form).

Τhis does not apply to your data that are automatically collected while visiting the Website or/and through cookies or similar technologies ( check our cookies policy).

Α. Automatically obtained information

While visiting the Website, your IP address, as well as other information, such as the date and time of your visit, the page, the browser type and the operating system you use in order to visit our website, is recorded by our server.

Τhe processing of your data by us is based on the Company’s legitimate interest, given that it is technically necessary for running the Website as well as for protecting the networks, the information and the services against unforeseeable circumstances, or illegal and malicious actions which compromise the availability, authenticity and confidentiality of stored or transmitted data (e.g. control of denial of service attacks), without entailing serious risks for your rights and liberties.

Β. Information provided to us

We process the personal data provided by you in the following cases:

B-I. Contact with the Company via respective form/email

Important note: Your message should include only the necessary information related to your request and not your or a third person’s personal data.

B-II. Article submission to the scientific journals

Important note: The particular data may refer to other natural persons, besides the person who submits them. In this case, the burden of proof regarding permission to use these persons’ data, as well as lawful provision of the data to the Company, falls upon the person who submits the data. Moreover, this person is obliged to strictly follow the Company’s instructions on the data processing and to meet the present policy.

By submitting an article for publication, you understand and accept the fact that your respective personal data will be published along with it and that they will remain published for as long as the article remains published. Furthermore, pursuant to the international standards of best practises on the scientific journals, your personal data will follow your article during the evaluation and approval process by chief editors, assessors, scientific committees, publishers and, in case your article is published and sought to be republished, by libraries and other web pages or journals.

B-III. Approval for article publication

In case the article is approved for publication and in order to issue the respective invoice or bill, apart from the above mentioned (section 2), we process the following data:

B-IV. Newsletter

Important Note: The obligation to submit accurate data falls upon the person who provides the data. Find out about your right to rectification of your inaccurate data by reading the policy section regarding your rights.

Who has access to your data

Typically, access is permitted to authorized members of the Company staff, who process your data in a strictly confidential manner, and only to the extent and in the context of the purposes which you have already been informed about.

Furthermore, in order to be able to provide our services to you, we share some of your data with other companies (our partners). These companies (the Processors) process your data only for the purposes mentioned above and only on behalf and for the Company, with the exception of any legal obligations. During the transfer of your data, the Company takes all appropriate technical and organisational measures so as to ensure the best possible level of security.

Respect for the rules regarding the security of the processing of your data is one of the most important criteria when choosing our partners. In addition, our partners are contractually bound to provide the necessary safeguards and to take all appropriate technical and organisational measures so as the processing to be lawful and to ensure the protection of your data and rights.

These companies provide us with: (a) web hosting services, (b) marketing services.

Newsletters are sent using Mailchimp service, owned by the company Rocket Science Group, with registered offices in Atlanta, USA. Your e-mail address is stored in a Mailchimp server, however only the Company has access to it. Mailchimp service is provided in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, while the Company participates in the Privacy Shield for the safe transfer of data between the EU and the US. You can check the Mailchimp’s data protection policy here .

In order to submit articles to JMNI journal, you are kindly requested to use Manuscriptlink.com platform. This service is owned by the company ThinkonWeb Inc, which takes all appropriate technical and organisational measures so as to ensure the safe processing of your data as well as compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, as provided in its policy . ThinkonWeb Inc is an independent controller, therefore your relation with that company and your data which are processed by it are not affected by our Company. Thus, we cannot provide safeguards for the protection of your data in the context of that relation.

Where and for how long we store your data

Your data are stored in the Company information system, which is hosted in a data center located in Greece (Lamda Helix), while any security copies are stored in servers located within the EU. In any case, appropriate technical and organisational measures, required to avoid any data breach, are constantly applied.

The data are stored strictly for a period of time considered necessary for each processing purpose.

For example, if you have published your article in a scientific journal, some of your data remain stored for as long as the article remains published.

In case of an economic transaction with the Company, we are obliged to keep the respective invoices or bills for a period of at least five (5) years.

If you decide to contact us via the respective form or email, your data will be maintained for a period of three (3) months and after that they will be permanently erased.

What rights you have as data subjects and how you exercise them

Under the current legal framework, you have a set of rights regarding the processing of your rights by the Company. In particular, you have the right:

1. To submit a request to the Company to be informed whether we process data and, if so, what types of data (right of access).
2. To request the rectification of the data (right to rectification).
3. To request, under conditions, the erasure of the data (right to erasure).
4. To request, under conditions, the restriction of the data processing (right to restriction of processing).
5. To object, under conditions, to the processing of your data by us (right to object), mainly regarding the processing relating to marketing purposes (e.g. newsletter).
6. To request the data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (right to data portability), as long as it is technically feasible.
7. In case of a data breach, which is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms and as long as it does not fall under any of the exceptions provided in General Data Protection Regulation, the Company has the obligation to communicate the breach to you without undue delay.

Compliance with the legal framework regarding the processing of personal data and, in this context, the exercise of your rights, are our top priority. Therefore, we have the right to request additional information, which are considered necessary for your identification confirmation before exercising your rights.

In principle, the Company has the obligation to respond to your request promptly and within one month at the latest. If deemed necessary, taking into account the complexity of the request and the number of the requests, that period may be extended by two further months. In any case, we will inform you as soon as possible, and in any case within one month after the submission of your request, concerning the progress made and the reason for any possible delay in dealing with it.

In case your requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character,the Company may either charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication or taking the action requested, or refuse to act on the request.

In case you consider that we do not comply with the personal data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority ( www.dpa.gr ).

3. Cookies Policy

This Policy explains how and why we use cookies. We may update this Policy in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other legal reasons. Therefore, you should revisit this Policy regularly to stay informed about the way we use cookies.

If you have any questions about the way we use cookies, please contact us at [email protected]

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. Cookies are widely used for many reasons, most commonly in order to make websites work efficiently, provide information relating to the way you use websites and enable the use of certain functions on them.

Cookies can be “first party”, meaning that they are served directly by our website to your device or ”third party”, meaning that they are served by another service provider on a website. This site uses only first party cookies.

As far as their duration is concerned, cookies can be “session cookies”, meaning that they are stored only while your web browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close it and “permanent cookies”, meaning that they stay stored after you close your web browser for a specified period of time.

What types of cookies do we use and why?

A. Necessary cookies

These cookies are essential and required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate efficiently and securely. Additionally, they allow us to enhance your online experience (for example, by remembering your preferences concerning the acceptance of our policy).

B. Optional cookies

These cookies are required by google analytics and allow us to understand how you use our website and how to improve your experience.

4. Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

The Owner cannot be held responsible under any circumstances for any health damage and/or any other consequence that derives from accessing the website and/or the incorrect use of the provided information. The content of the site and its services is provided by the Owner "as is". Therefore the Owner explicitly denies the existence of any explicit, direct/indirect, emanating by the circumstances or its credibility warranties for the content’s accuracy, suitability, non-infringement, safety, suitability and quality.

The Owner takes all the necessary actions through its designers and administrators in order to develop, update and improve the provided content and services. The Site applies all the necessary organizational and technical measures to ensure that its content and services are provided to the users in a safe environment in compliance with the relevant legal provisions. However, it is noted that it remains possible for errors/malfunctions/interruptions to occur on the content/services provided by the Site and/or for computer viruses/other malware to infiltrate in the website or its server.

5. Intellectual property rights

User interfaces, texts, logos, computer code and the arrangement of the content, contained on or accessed from the Site, is owned by Hylonome Publications and is protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws.

In order to facilitate the users it is exceptionally permitted to individually copy and save parts of the Site's content on a simple Personal Computer/other electronic device for strictly personal use. The lack of an intention to commercially exploit this content and the reference to its original source are necessary prerequisites for this use. In any case this cannot be considered as a sign of willingness on the behalf of the Owner to grant any intellectual property rights.

6. Open access articles

All articles contained on the Site are published under the terms of Creative Common License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike).

This means that users are free to: Share , copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material,

Under the following terms:

7. Notification of Infringement

Notifications regarding any alleged intellectual property infringement should be directed to the Owner by email addressed to [email protected]

8. Hyperlinks

Third parties web pages become accessible through the use of appropriate hyperlinks on the Website. The inserted hyperlinks aim solely at facilitating you while browsing. Under no circumstances can they be considered as an indication of approval or consent for the content in the hyperlinked web pages.

Υou are strictly responsible for accessing each web page using the provided hyperlinks and we urge you to read carefully the data protection policy of each web page you visit.

9. Social Media

X (Twitter)

The Company has official 'X' accounts regarding the scientific journals JMNI ( @TheJMNI ) and JFSF( @jfsf_journal ). You may follow these accounts, retweet and comment their posts through the 'X' platform, by providing data to be processed.

'X' has its own cookies and data protection policies , over which we exert no control and which we are not able to influence. Υou are strictly responsible for accessing 'X' and we urge you to read carefully the 'X' data protection policy given that you approve it by using its services.

The Company takes all appropriate technical and organisational measures concerning the data processing security through social media, namely restriction of people having access to each page administration.

The Company bears responsibility only for the way and means by which it processes your data for the purposes set (communication, information and marketing) and to the extent of control exerted over your data. However, it is not responsible for the way and means by which each social media platform processes your data. In any case, we urge you to be extremely cautious when sending content to our social media pages, especially when you provide your or third parties’ personal data.

Social Media Comments

We welcome comments from the users on posts or/and on our social media pages, in the context of an open dialogue where there is respect for different opinions.

Although we have no general obligation to review the content submitted by the social media users, we do our best to ensure a secure online environment.

Therefore, Website administrators reserve the right to remove any content considered to be in violation of the terms of use, and at the same time they have the right to block users who submit such content.

10. Minors

The Website is for persons over 18 years old only. Given the technical difficulties in monitoring effectively the Website users’ age, we are committed, in case the submission of a minor’s personal data is noted, to erase every relevant information, without prejudice to the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims on our behalf or for the fulfilment of a legal obligation.

11. Applicable law and final provisions

The Owner seeks to resolve any disputes that might occur from the use of the Site’s content/services and/or the interpretation/implementation of these terms, amicably.

For this reason, in case a user notices anything problematic (from a moral or legal aspect) concerning either the content or the services of this Site, he/she is kindly requested to notify the administrator immediately at [email protected] .

If, however, a friendly resolution of the arising dispute is not possible, the courts of Athens are competent for anyone to bring proceedings, while Greek and European law is applicable.

12. Policy and updating of information modifications

We reserve the right to modify our policy at any time and without prior notice. In the context of transparence, we will inform you on any important changes to our policy. Nevertheless, you should check our policy regularly, since the use of the Website leads to approval on your behalf.