Privacy Policy

1. Scope & Commitment

The International Conference on Bio-AI, Bioeconomy & Sustainable Biomanufacturing (ICBBSB 2026), organized under the governance of ScholarVault, is committed to safeguarding the privacy and confidential intellectual property of all submitting authors, reviewers, invited speakers, and conference delegates.

2. Personal Data We Collect

• Author & Manuscript Data: Full name, institutional email, academic affiliation, department, country, manuscript title, co-author lists, keywords, and abstract files.
• Delegate Registration Details: Contact information, registration tier, billing address, and transaction identifiers.
• Speaker & Reviewer Credentials: Academic designations, ORCID identifiers, Scopus profile links, photographs, and biographical summaries.
• Technical Browsing Data: IP address, browser user-agent, session timestamps, and referral sources collected via privacy-preserving analytics.

3. Purpose & Legal Basis of Processing

Your data is processed strictly for legitimate academic and administrative conference purposes:

• Conducting double-blind peer review and editorial scoring of submitted abstracts.
• Generating verified digital Certificates of Presentation and Reviewing Service.
• Compiling and registering official citable ISBN conference proceedings volumes.
• Facilitating secure virtual stage entry, live Q&A sessions, and delegate invoicing.

4. Intellectual Property & Manuscript Confidentiality

All submitted abstracts and draft manuscripts remain the exclusive intellectual property of the contributing authors. Reviewers and committee members are bound by strict non-disclosure obligations. Unpublished research findings will never be shared with unauthorized third parties or used for model training without express written consent.

5. Third-Party Processors & Security Standards

We partner only with verified, encrypted third-party service providers compliant with international data protection laws:

• Payment Processors: PCI-DSS certified payment gateways (Visa, Mastercard, BHIM, Stripe). We do not store credit card numbers on our local servers.
• Virtual Conference Stages: Enterprise-grade encrypted streaming infrastructure with authenticated attendee access controls.
• Email & Storage Infrastructure: End-to-end TLS encryption for all automated transactional receipts and editorial circulars.

6. Your Data Rights

Under GDPR and applicable data protection regulations, you retain full rights to:

• Request a complete copy of personal records held in our conference database.
• Rectify erroneous author names, affiliations, or contact details prior to publication.
• Request data erasure or newsletter unsubscription at any time.