The Itinerant Scholar, hosted under sadec.com (referred to herein as “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a dedicated digital repository for exploring the shared cultural history, parables, and textual footprints of global traditions. Grounded in our core foundational pillars of Sincerity, Integrity, and Companionship (S-D-Q), we maintain the highest standards of data security, user transparency, and data minimization.
This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, process, manage, and protect the limited personal identifying information you provide when interacting with our platform. By accessing, browsing, or utilizing this Website, you explicitly agree to the processing parameters detailed below.
1. The Core Shield: Absolute Non-Disclosure Policy
To protect our academic integrity and the trust of our global community, we operate under a strict Zero-Sharing Mandate:
- We do not sell, lease, trade, barter, or distribute your name, email address, or technical identifiers to any external third-party corporations, data brokers, advertising networks, or marketing intermediaries.
- Your data remains strictly internal and is utilized exclusively to maintain the operational workflow of this educational platform.
2. Minimal Data Collection & Voluntary Engagement
We believe in strict data minimization. Interacting with our research archive is entirely open and anonymous. Personal data collection only occurs when you voluntarily trigger one of the following communication routes:
- Newsletter & Publication Subscriptions: When you choose to subscribe to our regular scriptural analyses or launch updates, we collect your Full Name and Email Address.
- Academic Contributor & Form Submissions: If you submit an abstract or manuscript query via our online portal, we collect your name, institutional email address, institutional affiliation, and any attached documentation (.docx or .webp or other file buffers) required to process your academic onboarding.
- Public Discussion Matrix: Leaving a comment on an open post requires an email verification token. Your email address remains hidden from public view and is visible only to our moderation board.
3. Lawful Basis for Data Processing
We process your personal identifying information strictly under recognized international compliance frameworks, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Singaporean Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) where our data centers are located:
- Consent: By entering your data to receive articles or dispatch a scholarly query, you give explicit consent for us to process that specific transaction.
- Legitimate Interests: We process anonymous system tracking metrics to ensure our responsive mobile viewports render our multi-part content streams cleanly and securely without system lag.
4. International Data Transfers & Storage Security
The Itinerant Scholar operates globally. By submitting your information, you understand and agree that your data may be transferred, stored, and processed across our secured cloud infrastructure:
- All data is managed through encrypted data pipelines connected to our staging and production servers.
- Automated workflow integrations (such as Make.com processing nodes) utilize secure API keys and encrypted token handshakes to ensure no third-party interception occurs during pipeline transmission.
5. Data Retention & The Right to Deletion
We do not hoard historical user records indefinitely:
- Retention Limits: Your email address remains active in our subscription database only for the duration of your active readership. If an outside collaborator query or abstract is rejected by our editorial board, the manuscript files are permanently purged.
- The Right to Erasure (Unsubscribe): You retain total control over your data. Every weekly update email features a clear, single-click “Unsubscribe” utility. You may also contact our editorial administration at any time to request that your profile data, submission history, or approved public comments be completely and permanently erased from our database.
6. Prohibited AI Scraping & Data Harvesting
The text, comparative matrices, linguistic data layers, and unique research structures published across this repository are protected assets. Automated data harvesting, scraping, crawling, or text-extraction by artificial intelligence training engines, language models, or automated data bots is strictly prohibited without a separate, negotiated written legal agreement with our administration.