CILIP, the library and information association, who run The Carnegies, recognises that your privacy is important to you and is committed to protecting your privacy online. This privacy notice sets out what information we collect on the awards website and why and how we use that information.
CILIP’s privacy notice for other data processing is available here: Privacy statement – CILIP: the library and information association
CILIP processes data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
The CILIP is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. CILIP is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under The Chartered Institute of Library And Information Professionals Z5659864 and Cilip Pathways Limited ZB353900.
It is important that you read and retain this notice, together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you, so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information and what your rights are under the data protection legislation.
It applies to personal information we collect about:
CILIP may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy was last updated 5 September 2024.
CILIP use a third party service, WordPress, to publish the awards website and it is hosted by 20i. When someone visits https://www.carnegies.co.uk, a third party service, Google Analytics, is used to collect internet log information and to follow visitor patterns. By knowing the number of visitors to the various pages, we can improve the website and identify areas of particular interest. The information is processed in a way which does not identify individuals. If we are collecting personally identifiable information through our website, we will do so using forms that clearly explain what we intend to do with it.
Social Media Contact: The Carnegies has its own X, Facebook and Instagram feeds @CarnegieMedals. If you intend to post a comment on these channels, you will be required to set up your own accounts. Please review the X privacy notice and Meta privacy policy to see how it uses your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
External web services. We use a number of external web services, mainly related to displaying content e.g. to display slideshows we sometimes use SlideShare; to show videos we use YouTube and Vimeo. This is not an exhaustive or complete list of the services we use, or might use in the future, when embedding content, but these are the ones we use most. We cannot prevent these sites, or external domains, from collecting information on your usage of this embedded content using scripts from domains outside of the Carnegie Awards. If you are not logged in to these external services then they will not know who you are, but are likely to gather anonymous usage information e.g. number of views, plays, loads etc. You should review the policies of each of these sites to see how they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
Links to other websites: This website also contains links to other websites that may be of interest to our visitors. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, this privacy statement no longer applies and we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting those sites – such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Again, please check the respective policies of any such sites that you chose to visit.
Filling in the nomination form: the awards nomination form is provided by a third-party service, Formsite. We only request the information needed from the publisher of the nominated title to manage the award nominations. The publisher contact details are shared with EDPR – our PR team, only for the purposes of managing the awards. Some of our questions relate to the protected characteristics of the nominated author or illustrator to provide recommendations for how diversity, inclusion and representation can best be championed and embedded into the work of the Awards. Data collected will be for the confidential use of CILIP and will be stored and handled appropriately. No personal or identifying information will be disclosed in the report. CILIP deletes the Formsite form three months after the winners are announced.
Our legal basis for processing the data described above is our legitimate interest in keeping our website and services relevant so that we can develop and grow the awards scheme; as well as a legitimate interest in keeping an appropriate record of any communications entered into with those visiting our website and social media platforms.
CILIP is the data controller and processor for the information you provide on the Shadowing Group Leader registration form. If you have any queries about how we handle your information, please contact us.
Data we hold will be used confidentially, to help us run the awards shadowing scheme and to keep you informed – for example, award timetable, group resources or tips.
CILIP will never sell, trade, rent, exchange or otherwise share your personal information with any other person, company or organisation without gaining consent to do so. The information you provide will be held securely by us, whether the information is in electronic or physical format. We do not collect more information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.
We ask you for your name and email. We also ask for the name and address of your school or library so that the free publicity pack can be sent to that address. CILIP’s administration and management teams will have access to this information.
As a Group Leader, you will create a shadowing group name and you will be given a passkey that your group will need to submit reviews or artwork on the website.
Shadowing Group Map: You will be asked at registration whether we can use your organisation’s postcode on a map, so that you can look for other groups in the nearby area – only the Shadowing Group name and organisation will be displayed on the map.
Shadowing group activity: As Group Leader you have to approve the reviews/artwork of your Shadowers, before they are published to the awards website, so that you can edit or remove unsuitable content if necessary and also so you can check that the review/artwork is from a member of your group. This will be done via the email address you give on registration, but the shadowers will not be able to see your email when they submit their reviews/artwork to you for approval.
Group Leader Survey: At the end of the shadowing year, the Group Leaders are sent a survey to provide feedback on the shadowing group experience so that we can improve it moving forward.
Shadowing Group Magazine: this will pull together all your groups reviews and artwork in one place and can be downloaded as a PDF at your request.
Registration is an annual process. Within 3 months of the winner announcements, group leader information, group reviews and artwork will be deleted from the website, in preparation for the new shadowing year.
If you have signed up to receive email communications, we will retain your email to let you know when you can register to shadow the next year’s award. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Our legal basis for processing the data described above is our legitimate interest in managing and administering the award scheme; as well as a legitimate interest in keeping an appropriate record of any communications entered into with those recipients.
Posting reviews: As a member of a Shadowing group, you can submit book reviews on the books shortlisted for the Writing and Illustration Medal. When you submit a review you will search for your shadowing group – no login or email address is required. You will provide your first name and your review, which will be approved by your Group Leader. The review will then be published on the public awards website with all the other reviews for that book. Your first name and also the name of your shadowing group will be shown. Reviews are deleted approximately 3 months after the winners are announced.
Posting pictures: As a member of a Shadowing group, you can submit your picture inspired by the books shortlisted for the Medals. The picture will then be published on the public awards website with all the other pictures. Your first name and also the name of your shadowing group will be shown. Pictures are deleted approximately 3 months after the awards have been made, at the start of the new shadowing year.
Our legal basis for processing the data described above is our legitimate interest in managing and administering the award scheme; as well as a legitimate interest in keeping an appropriate record of any communications entered into with those recipients.
CILIP uses a third party provider, dotdigital, to deliver the majority of our emails. Dotdigital is also used to manage your email preferences, if you have stated when registering as a Group Leader that you are happy for CILIP to contact you by email or have signed up to receive awards updates separately. You will see an option to manage your email preferences at the end of every email sent from dotdigital where you can subscribe/unsubscribe. Emails will only be about the awards and may include some information about the award sponsors and partners.
Email tracking. Some emails that we send you have no tracking in at all, for example personal correspondence. Other emails we send are tracked so that we can tell if those emails send traffic to our website or we can tell, at an individual level, whether the user has opened and clicked on the email, to understand open and click rates to try and improve our emails. Sometimes we do use the personal information e.g. to re-email people who haven’t opened emails. If you want to be sure that none of your email activity is tracked, then you should unsubscribe from all CILIP email correspondence.
Our legal basis for sending emails is legitimate interest where it concerns the administration of correspondence. For marketing emails our basis is consent.
CILIP complies with its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and Data Protection Act 2018, by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
Only authorised employees and data processors (software suppliers and those working on behalf of CILIP e.g. publicity pack distributors, to deliver our services) will have access to your data. All parties who have access to your data are required to process/use that data in accordance with the provisions of current data protection legislation and CILIP’s Data Protection Policy.
CILIP uses data processors who are third parties to provide elements of our services for us. We have contracts in place with our data processors. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it securely and retain it for the period we instruct.
CILIP will never sell trade, rent, exchange or otherwise share your personal information with any other person, company or organisation without gaining consent to do so.
The CILIP website uses sophisticated security and safeguard measures to protect users’ information (e.g. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption) to ensure that your data, debit/credit card will be protected against fraudulent use on our site.
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You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you will not be able to login to the website if cookies are disabled. You can also manually remove cookies from your system. For more information on disabling and enabling cookies you should search for or lookup ‘Cookies’ in your Operating System Documentation or visit www.aboutcookies.org
Cookies set by CILIP:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Universal Analytics (Google) |
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| YouTube cookies |
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We embed videos from our official YouTube channel
using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your
computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not
store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded
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Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights:
Should you wish to make a subject access request to view your personal data held by us or exercise any of your rights, please contact dataprotect@cilip.ac.uk
ICILIP is committed to processing personal data fairly and lawfully. If you have queries or concerns, please contact us at dataprotection@cilip.org.uk and we’ll respond.
If you remain dissatisfied, you can make a complaint about the way we process your personal information to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). Please follow this link to the ICO website for more information https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/. Or contact them at ico.org.uk or
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