Last updated: April 2025
The Liberia Medical & Dental Association Journal is managed and run by Liberty Publishers Review, Inc. (“LPR”) and this Privacy Policy addresses our website (lmdaj.org), and other LMDAJ related Sites, applications, programs and services (collectively called “Review Services”). We take privacy issues seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. Please take a moment to review our Privacy Policy.
This Policy explains our practices regarding your personal information, including how we collect, use, and share your personal information, and your rights regarding the personal information we collect when you use our Review Services. When you submit information and/or make purchases, you agree to let us collect and use your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Please read through this Policy in its entirety and understand its terms. We may update the Policy from time to time, so please check it occasionally.
THIS POLICY DESCRIBES:
- Personal Information We Collect;
- How We Collect Your Personal Information;
- How We Use Your Personal Information;
- How We Share Your Personal Information With Third Parties;
- How We Protect Your Personal Information;
- Your Rights and Choices;
- Other Information;
- Changes to the Policy;
- Questions About This Policy
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of Personal Information about you, which we have grouped together as follows:
- Identifiers such as your first name, last name, alias, profile photograph, unique identifiers and online identifiers (cookies, mobile advertising IDs, Device IDs).
- Contact Information such as your mailing address, email address, and telephone numbers.
- Sensitive Information such as location data associated with your IP address; your race, ethnicity and interest in receiving information about a particular topic. Race and ethnicity will be collected only for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes on a voluntary basis from authors and reviewers when they interact with our manuscript processing system and shared on an aggregated and de-identified basis.
- Demographic Information such as age and gender. Gender will be collected only for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes on a voluntary basis from authors and reviewers when they interact with our manuscript processing system and shared on an aggregated and de-identified basis.
- Financial Information such as credit or debit card information, payment details, or other payment information.
- Profile Data such as CV, education, occupation and professional background, specialty, professional board membership, certifications, school name, year in school, year of graduation, products and Review Services you obtain from us, your comments on our content, your registration to participate in events (either in-person or online), and when you submit material to a Service.
- Technical Information such as your hardware model, internet protocol (IP) address, other unique identifiers, operating system version, browser type and settings, and the settings of the device you use to access a Service.
- Usage Data such as information about the Review Services you use, the date and time, the duration of your usage, the files downloaded or viewed, and other information about your interaction with content offered through a Service.
- Marketing and Communications Information such as your preferences in receiving marketing from us and third parties, email communications, and your communication preferences.
- Inference Data including inferences drawn from the Personal Information identified above.
For each of these categories of Personal Information, we will not hold such information longer than is reasonably necessary for the disclosed purpose and as required by law.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect Personal Information from you that you voluntarily provide to us in various ways, including, but not limited to, when you:
- Submit an inquiry or comment using our online contact form;
- Call, email or otherwise communicate with us;
- Respond to surveys or marketing communications;
- Register with our Review Services; and
- Otherwise use or interact with our Review Services.
Information We Collect From You
Information You Voluntarily Provide. We may collect Personal Information from you that you voluntarily provide to us in various ways, including when you contact us or otherwise interact with us or our Review Services.
Automated technologies or interactions. As is true of most websites, we receive and store certain types of Personal Information whenever you interact with us or our Review Services. This information may include Technical and Usage Data. You may manage how your mobile device and mobile browser share location information with us, as well as how your mobile browser handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting your mobile device privacy and security settings. Please refer to instructions provided by your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your settings.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies. We and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technology to recognize your browser or device and to capture and remember certain information about your activities on our Review Services. For example, cookies help us gather information about which pages you visit so that we can understand what web pages are of interest to users. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, the data is temporarily stored on your computer, but once you close your browser the cookie terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your hard drive for an extended period of time. This allows us to track your activities while using our Review Services or interacting with ads through our Review Services and help improve the functionality, navigation, and performance of our Review Services. If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off cookies by adjusting your browser settings. If you turn off your cookies, some of the features of the website may not function properly. You can manage your cookie preferences through your Internet browser. Modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. You can find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, at allaboutcookies.org. If you would like to opt-out of cookies, see our Cookie Opt Out below.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect Personal Information from various third parties, including those listed below. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for any information they may collect. The collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information received from third parties is governed by the privacy policies listed on the website where the information was collected by the third party and/or submitted by the user. Third parties may send their own cookies and pixel tags to you, and may collect information and use it in a way that is different from this Policy. Please carefully review these third-party privacy policies to understand how your information may be collected, used and disclosed by these third parties.
Third Party Service Providers. We collect Personal Information from service providers including website hosting platforms and email service providers.
Third Party Advertising Partners. In some cases, we may work with third-party advertising partners to help deliver advertisements on our behalf across the Internet. We collect Personal Information received from third party advertising partners that may place or recognize Cookies and Tracking Technologies to track anonymous information, in part, to measure and analyze the efficacy of the advertising they place at the Review Services. They may also have the ability to link the information they collect when you use the Review Services, such as the identifier for the device you are using, with other information they collect elsewhere on the Internet to gain additional insights into their target audience. We only share pseudonymous information with such third parties that does not include an individual’s name, email address, or contact information.
Google Analytics. We use third party cookies such as those provided by Google Analytics to assist us in better understanding our visitors. These cookies collect Technical Information such as IP address and Usage or Click Stream Data, such as the length of time a user spends on a page, the pages a user visits, and the websites a user visits before and after visiting our Review Services. Based on this information, Google Analytics compiles data about website traffic and interactions, which we use to offer better user experiences and tools in the future. For information on how to opt-out from Google Analytics, you may access the link here.
Your ‘Do Not Track’ Browser Setting. Some web browsers incorporate a Do Not Track (“DNT”) feature that signals to the websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. At this time, our Review Services do not respond to DNT signals. Other third party websites may keep track of your browsing activities when they provide you with content, which enables them to customize what they present to you on their websites.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
Transactional Purposes:
- Process, fulfill, and deliver your requests for content and Review Services;
- Where applicable, report points and credits to credentialing organizations; and
- Provide customer support.
Marketing Purposes:
- Provide content to individuals in an effort to create a personally relevant experience;
- Contact you periodically with information, surveys, and offers relating to the Review Services, unless you have indicated you do not wish to receive such further information;
- Information collected automatically is used to monitor users’ interests and usage patterns in order to help us enhance and improve our service offerings; and
- Other sales and marketing efforts.
Other Business Purposes:
- Information about race, ethnicity and gender you provide voluntarily as an author or reviewer will be used for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes.
- Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems and support;
- Enforce our terms and this Policy;
- Customize, measure and improve our Review Services and content;
- To protect our interests, including establishing, exercising and defending legal rights and claims;
- As necessary to comply with legal requirements, to prevent fraud, to cooperate with law enforcement and regulatory authorities, and to stop other prohibited, illegal, or harmful activities; and
- For purposes disclosed at the time you provide/we request your Personal Information or as otherwise set forth in this Policy.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties in the ways described below.
Information You Instruct Us to Share. You may be presented with a survey or an option on our Review Services to have us send certain information to third parties or give them access to it. If you choose to do so, your Personal Information and other information may be disclosed to such third parties and all information you disclose will be subject to the third-party privacy policies and practices of such third parties.
LMDAJ. We may share your information within the Liberia Medical & Dental Association and its affiliates.
Trusted Partners. We may share your Personal Information with medical credentialing and accreditation organizations in connection with our continuing medical education and maintenance of certification offerings. Trusted Partners are obligated to maintain your personal information as confidential and have access to your personal information only as necessary to perform their requested function on your behalf.
Other Business Partners. We may share aggregated or pseudonymous information (including demographic information, race, ethnicity or gender) with partners, such as publishers, advertisers, measurement analytics, apps, or other companies. We may also share personal information with third parties who enter into business relationships with us. These business partners may include direct marketers, publishers and unaffiliated third parties.
Service Providers. We may use third-party service providers to perform certain business services and may disclose Personal Information to such service providers as needed for them to perform these business services. Business services provided include, but are not limited to, hosting vendors, advertising service providers, data analytics and customer support providers, IT service providers, list managers, communications services, website development services, payment processing services, compliance services, analytics services, and survey services.
Advertisers. From time to time, we may rent our print subscriber list, which includes personal identifiers such as subscriber names and postal addresses, to third parties that have products or services that we believe will be of interest to our customers. We do not share your email address or credit card information. We may also share your name and email address with LinkedIn and other social media sites to provide you with tailored ads about our services. If you do not want us to rent your postal address information or share your name and email address with LinkedIn and other social media sites to provide you with tailored ads, contact us at dpo@libpubreview.com.
Business Transactions. We may do business with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your Personal Information in the same way as set out in this Policy.
Legal Process. Subject to applicable law, we may disclose information about you: (i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process, such as a subpoena; (ii) in response to requests by government entities, such as law enforcement authorities; (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical, financial or other harm, injury or loss; or (iv) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We have reasonable security measures in place to prevent your Personal Information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your Personal Information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We endeavor to keep your Personal Information confidential and protected against unauthorized access, misuse or alteration with commercially reasonable physical, technical, and administrative measures. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of electronic data nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted.
OTHER INFORMATION
Cookie Opt-Out
We and our advertisers use cookies to enable you to receive customized ads, content or services, and to provide us with certain information. To opt-out of these cookies, please visit optout.aboutads.info. If you decide to opt-out, it will affect our ability to provide you with advertising content and will prevent us from controlling the frequency with which you may view particular advertisements.
User-Generated Content Forums
Any data or Personal Information that you submit to us as user-generated content becomes public and may be used by LPR in connection with the services and other LMDAJ and LPR publications and offerings in any and all media.
Cross-Border Transfer of Your Information
The Review Services are headquartered in the nation of Liberia, West Africa. Your Personal Information may be transferred outside of your country of residence to Liberia or another country for processing. By using the Review Services, you consent to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information outside of your country of residence, in which case the personal data protection rules may differ from the rules in your country.
Children
Our Review Services are intended for adult use only and are not directed towards children, minors, or anyone under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 13, you are not authorized to provide us with any Personal Information. If the parent or guardian of a child under 13 believes that the child has provided us with any Personal Information, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us at the email address below to have this Personal Information deleted from our files.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Right to Know: You have the right to know the categories of Personal Information that we collect about you over the past 12 months, the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected, the business or commercial purposes for which the Personal Information was collected, sold, shared, and the categories of third parties with whom we share the Personal Information, and the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
Right to Correct: You have the right to correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete Personal Information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of the Sale/Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the future sale of your Personal Information. The law defines “sale” very broadly to include making data available to third parties in some cases. As noted above, we may share certain information with advertisers or social media sites. In doing so, we may make available or transfer your Personal Information (e.g., Identifiers and Contact Information) to Advertising Companies (e.g., advertising agencies, advertising servers, sponsored content providers, social media platforms and other similar technology companies). Making such information available to third parties may constitute a “sale” of data. You may adjust your device or browser’s settings to limit how your online usage data and device data is shared with third parties or request to opt-out.
Right to Limit the Use or Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit the use of your Sensitive Personal Information to that which is necessary to perform Review Services or provide the goods you request. Please note that the only Sensitive Information that will be shared is your IP address with advertisers. Race and ethnicity will be collected only for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes on a voluntary basis from authors and reviewers and shared on an aggregated and de-identified basis.
Non-Discrimination: Unless permitted by applicable law, we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights under applicable law, including by, but not limited to:
- Denying you goods or services;
- Charging you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
- Providing you a different level of quality of goods or services; or
- Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level of quality of goods or services.
Exercising Your Rights – Only you or an authorized agent may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. Each of these rights may be exercised by sending an email to dpo@libpubreview.com
Designating a Third-Party to Act on Your Behalf – In order to designate a third party to act on your behalf, that person must be registered with the Liberian Business Registry and must have valid written evidence of authority from you to act on your behalf, e.g., a validly executed Power of Attorney or some other written, notarized documentation that they can provide to us. Absent such documentation, we reserve the right to refuse to comply with third-party requests for information.
Verifying Your Requests – During the verification process, depending on the nature of your request, e.g., whether you are seeking access to information versus deleting information, we will first seek to verify your identity against known information in our environment, such as your name, e-mail address, and telephone. Upon receiving your request, we may also contact you via email and/or other secured communication channel to verify your identity. In certain instances, e.g., a mismatch against known information or where you are seeking information on behalf of another person with authorization, we may seek additional verification from you, which may be in the form of you providing a copy of a valid, government issued identification or a notarized attestation.
Response Timing and Format
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.
Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Exceptions – We may deny certain requests, in whole or in part, based on our legal rights and obligations. For example, we may retain personal information as permitted by law, such as for tax or recordkeeping or to comply with legal obligations, to process transactions, perform continuing obligations, and facilitate requests.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be periodically updated. We will post a notice that this policy has been amended by revising the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Use of a Review Service constitutes consent to any policy then in effect.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY
Please direct any questions regarding this privacy policy to our Data Protection Officer at dpo@libpubreview.com.
Liberty Publishers Review offices are located at:
J.F.K. Memorial Hospital
22ns Street, Tubman Blvd. Sinkor, Monrovia
District #6, Montserrado, Liberia
Liberia Medical & Dental Association Journal
Attn: Data Protection Officer
J.F.K. Memorial Hospital
22ns Street, Tubman Blvd. Sinkor, Monrovia
District #6, Montserrado, Liberia