Gauge Freedom Journal

Legal Information – Last Updated: January 22, 2026

Privacy & Data Transparency

We believe in minimizing data collection to only what is strictly necessary to facilitate open scientific publishing.

Personal Data

  • For Readers: You do not need an account to read or download papers. We do not track your reading history.
  • For Authors & Reviewers: If you submit a manuscript or review, we collect your name, email, affiliation, and ORCID iD solely to manage the peer-review process and attribute authorship. We do not sell this data.

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Communication We use provided email addresses only for journal-related communication (e.g., manuscript status, peer review requests). We do not sell or share user data with third-party advertisers.

Terms of Service

1. Open Access & Copyright All research articles published in Gauge Freedom Journal are Open Access.

  • Copyright: Authors retain the copyright to their work.
  • License: All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license. Anyone is free to share, adapt, and distribute the work, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the source.

2. Author Responsibilities By accessing this website, you agree not to:

  • Use automated scripts to scrape content in a manner that degrades site performance.
  • Attempt to manipulate scientific metrics or download counters.

3. Disclaimer The research published in this journal is provided “as is.” While we enforce rigorous peer review and provenance checks (see our Editorial Policies), Gauge Freedom, Inc. makes no warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or safety of the scientific claims made by authors.

4. Governing Law These policies are governed by the laws of the State of California.

5. Contact Us For questions regarding these terms, privacy practices, or copyright infringement claims, please contact us at: contact@gaugefreedom.org