Last updated: January 1, 2026
1. Introduction
The Cornell International Law Journal ("we," "us," or "our"), operated by Cornell University, is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of our users, authors, and reviewers. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when submitting a manuscript, contacting our editorial office, or registering as a reviewer. This includes: name and institutional affiliation, email address, postal address, ORCID identifier, manuscript content and supplementary materials, correspondence related to the review process.
3. Use of Information
We use collected information for the following purposes: (a) processing and evaluating submitted manuscripts; (b) communicating with authors and reviewers during the editorial process; (c) publishing accepted articles and associated metadata; (d) maintaining our database of contributors; (e) improving our editorial systems and services; (f) complying with legal obligations under applicable law.
4. Cookies and Analytics
Our website uses essential cookies necessary for its operation. We also use anonymized analytics data to understand how visitors interact with our site. This data does not identify individual users and is used solely to improve our services. You may disable cookies in your browser settings; however, some features of the site may not function correctly as a result.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to third parties except where necessary to operate our journal. We may share data with: indexing services (e.g., Crossref, Scopus) for DOI registration and bibliographic metadata; our publishing platform provider; legal authorities when required by law. All third parties are contractually obligated to protect your data.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. Author and article data are retained indefinitely as part of the scholarly record. Reviewer data is retained for a period of seven years following the most recent interaction.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to: access the personal data we hold about you; request correction of inaccurate data; request deletion of your data (subject to our scholarly record obligations); object to or restrict certain processing; data portability. To exercise these rights, please contact our editorial office.
8. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact our editorial office at careers@law.cornell.edu.