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Personal information provided during registration, manuscript submission, or participation as authors, reviewers, or members of the editorial team will be treated confidentially, without prejudice to the publication or dissemination of data and metadata as described in this statement. Such information will not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

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MENTOR Revista de Investigación Educativa y Deportiva may collect and process personal information from individuals participating in academic training and professional development activities organized by the journal or in collaboration with its publishing institution, the Colegio de Profesionales de Recreación, Actividad Física y Deporte (COLPRAFYD).

Such information will be used for participant registration, communication, attendance records, certificate issuance, and verification of completed academic activities.

Participants' names may be published on the journal's website for certificate verification purposes only when their prior authorization has been obtained. Personal information collected for these activities will not be sold, used for commercial purposes, or employed to influence manuscript evaluation, acceptance, or publication decisions.

Participants may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal information, where applicable, in accordance with relevant data protection laws and applicable legal obligations. Requests concerning personal information published for certificate verification may be submitted to rjposso@revistamentor.ec.

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Confidentiality of Peer Review

Information related to peer-review processes will be handled in accordance with MENTOR's established confidentiality requirements.

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Users may request access to, updating, correction, or deletion of their personal information where applicable, subject to relevant editorial, scholarly, and legal obligations.

Contact

Questions or requests concerning privacy and personal data may be addressed to:

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