As a member of scientific communities, I am regularly reviewing articles for scientific journals and conferences. I am providing these services on an extra-professional basis, meaning that these activities are not related to any organization, association, or employment. As such, I accept a reviewing activity only if there is no conflict of interest with any organization towards which I have contractual obligations. In this way, I try to establish the same conditions of reviewing as in an academic environment:

• Confidentiality: submitted material and my reviews of this material will not be disclosed to third parties, including those towards which I have contractual obligations.
• Independence: my reviews are based on my personal scientific opinions and judgement and are not influenced by interests of third parties.

Since 2009, I have the necessary infrastructure in order to respect these rules, meaning that I store submitted material and my reviews of this material only on devices that are not accessible by others. Whereas I try to respect these rules as well as possible, they cannot be understood as legally binding. ◉