- Digital Health and eHealth
- Healthcare Artificial Intelligence
- Health Informatics
- Telemedicine and Telehealth
- Medical Devices and Technologies
- Biomedical Engineering
- Healthcare Data Science
- Precision Medicine
- Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
- Wearable and Remote Health Technologies
- Robotics in Healthcare
- Biotechnology and Biomedical Innovation
- Healthcare Management and Systems
- Public Health Technologies
- Personalized and Preventive Healthcare
- Emerging Healthcare Technologies
- Healthcare Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
- Human-Technology Interaction in Healthcare
- Interdisciplinary Healthcare Research
Privacy Statement
SYNAPSE – Journal of Healthcare Innovation & Future Technologies respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Any personal data collected during submission, peer review, publication, and the use of the journal’s website will be treated responsibly and utilized solely for editorial, publishing, and administrative activities.
Information Collected
The journal may collect:
- Author names, affiliations, and contact details.
- Email addresses and ORCID iDs, where provided.
- Manuscript and publication information.
- Reviewer and editorial correspondence.
- Technical information related to website use.
Use of Information
Collected information may be used to:
- Process and manage manuscript submissions.
- Coordinate the peer-review process.
- Communicate with authors, reviewers, and editors.
- Publish and maintain the scholarly record.
- Maintain editorial and publication records.
- Improve journal and publishing services.
Cookies and Analytics
The journal will use essential cookies and clearly disclosed functional cookies where required for the operation of the website and submission services. Optional analytics cookies, if used, will be subject to applicable consent requirements. Any analytics service used by the journal website will be identified in the website privacy notice.
Data Protection and Confidentiality
Appropriate steps are taken by SYNAPSE to secure personal data against any unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure. Manuscripts sent for review and information about the peer review process are considered confidential and are utilized solely for editing and publishing purposes.
SYNAPSE does not sell or distribute personal data to third parties unless there are specific legal requirements.
Data Retention
Manuscript, peer-review, and editorial records will be retained for at least 7 years after final disposition or publication, subject to applicable legal, research-integrity, and publisher requirements.
Data Controller
SHIFT Foundation, as the publisher/owner of SYNAPSE, is the data controller for personal information collected through the journal’s publishing and editorial processes.
Privacy Rights and Contact
Users may request access to or correction or deletion of eligible personal data and may raise privacy concerns through the journal’s official privacy/editorial contact, subject to applicable law and legitimate scholarly-record obligations.
