Profile privacy notice

Effective 30 October 2026. This notice explains Cambodia Scholar profiles and research submissions.

Signing in

ChatGPT handles sign-in. Cambodia Scholar receives a site-specific account identifier, your email address, and, when available, your display name. Your account identifier connects you to your profile. Your sign-in email is displayed only to you and is not included in the public directory. Cambodia Scholar does not collect your ChatGPT password.

Information you choose to save

Your name, country or region, affiliation, research field, biography, ORCID, website, and optional profile photo are stored on the site’s hosted database and file storage. Profiles are private by default. These details are self-submitted, not independently verified.

Public profiles

If you select “List my profile in the public researcher community,” anyone can view your profile details and photo. Public information can be copied or indexed by others. Do not include private contact details in your biography unless you want to share them publicly.

Photos

The upload form accepts JPEG, PNG, and WebP images up to 5 MB. It resizes photos and converts them to JPEG before saving, removing the original image metadata. Upload a photo you have permission to use. Your photo follows your profile’s visibility setting. If your account has been linked to an existing reviewed researcher record, the same photo also appears on that researcher’s card and profile window. A private photo is visible there only to you when signed in.

Editing, unlisting, and deleting

You can edit your profile, replace or remove your photo, make your profile private, or delete it from My Profile at any time. Deletion removes the profile from the active directory and makes its photo unavailable through the site. It does not delete your ChatGPT account or copies that other people have already saved.

Research submissions

A signed-in visitor with a Cambodia Scholar profile can submit a contribution type, DOI/ORCID/source link, title, authors, abstract, research field, year, context, and up to five proposed figures. Your account identifier and name link the submission to you. Text is stored in the hosted database and figure files in private file storage. Figures are converted to PNG at their original dimensions, removing original image metadata. Each figure may be up to 5 MB, with a 10 MB total limit.

Submissions are private and are not automatically added to the public research collection. The site operator can access stored contributions for editorial review and administration. Other visitors cannot view your submission or figures through the site. You can view or remove your submissions from My submissions after signing in. Removing a submission also removes access to its uploaded figures. Deleting your profile does not delete your research submissions; manage those separately from My submissions.

Existing research records

Community profiles are separate from the reviewed publication and researcher records. Creating or deleting a community profile does not claim authorship of, or change, those records. Saved research bookmarks remain stored in your browser.