Privacy Statement

1. Data Controller Identity

The data controller for this website is

Maîtrise Orthopédique
21, rue de la Ravinelle, 54 000 Nancy, France
SIREN 379937147

For any inquiries regarding your personal data or this policy, please contact us via our Contact Page.

2. Data Collection and Usage

The personal information, including names and email addresses, collected by this journal will be used exclusively for the administration and operational management of the site. This includes facilitating editorial workflows, maintaining user accounts, and ensuring the platform’s technical functionality.

Your data will not be disclosed, sold, or otherwise made available to third parties for their independent use.

However, the journal reserves the right to use your contact information to announce and manage special initiatives, such as webinars or educational programming. These events may be organized in collaboration with learned societies or industry partners. In such cases, your personal data remains under the journal’s control and is utilized solely to facilitate your participation in these professional development opportunities.

3. Data Hosting and International Transfers

Your personal data is hosted on secure servers physically located in the United Kingdom. These infrastructure services are managed by OVHcloud, a company headquartered in France (EU).

The United Kingdom is subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission, which recognizes that the UK provides a level of data protection essentially equivalent to that of the European Union. Consequently, your data remains protected according to standards consistent with GDPR requirements.

4. Data Security and Retention

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, or loss. Your data will be retained only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the editorial and administrative purposes outlined above, or to comply with legal and reporting obligations.

5. Cookies

This website uses essential cookies to ensure secure and efficient navigation (e.g., session management and authentication). You may manage your preferences through your browser settings; however, disabling these cookies may affect the functionality of the site.

GDPR Compliance and Data Subject Rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679), we provide the following information regarding your rights:

1. Legal Basis for Processing We process your personal data based on our legitimate interests in managing the journal’s editorial operations and providing the academic community with relevant professional updates and educational opportunities.

2. Your Rights As a data subject, you hold the following rights:

  • Right of Access & Rectification: You may request a copy of your data or correct any inaccuracies.

  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You may request the deletion of your data when it is no longer required for its original purpose.

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your data for specific purposes, such as receiving announcements for webinars or special operations.

  • Right to Restriction: You may request that we limit the processing of your data under certain circumstances.

3. Exercise of Rights To exercise any of these rights, please contact our editorial office via our Contact Page.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a national supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes GDPR requirements.