Cookie notice

This Cookie Notice describes how the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators ("we", "our", or "us") uses cookies on this Website (the "Website"). For more information about the personal data we collect and process on this Website please see our Privacy policy.

What are cookies and how are they used?

Cookies are small text files sent from a web server to your browser whenever you visit our Website. Cookies pose no risk to your device and can either be saved or rejected, depending on your browser settings and your choices.

We use two types of cookies on our Website, depending on its purpose - Necessary cookies and Optional cookies. The Necessary cookies allows us to save your cookie settings and for these types of cookies we are not collecting your consent. Optional cookies such as Functionality and Analytics cookies allows us to improve your user experience on our Website. These cookies are enabled only if you give us your consent by making relevant selections in the cookie banner.

What type of cookies do we use, for what purpose and for how long?

Necessary cookies. These are strictly necessary cookies that we use to perform Website’s essential functions. For example, we use Necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences, enable you to log into secure areas of our Website and to make payments. These cookies will be placed on your device once you access our Website or some specific section of it. Most of these cookies are set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, setting your privacy preferences, logging in or paying for your subscription. All information processed from third party cookies is processed by the respective service providers. You can find more information about third-party cookies and personal data processing by visiting the website of the respective third party. We use the following necessary cookies:

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XSRF-TOKEN

Cookie Type:

First-party

Retention Period:

2 hours

Cookie Description:

These cookies help us to secure the Website and prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Stripe)

Retention Period:

1 year

Cookie Description:

These are third-party cookies set by Stripe. These cookies help Stripe to learn things about computers and web browsers used to access Stripe services. This information helps Stripe to monitor for and detect potentially harmful or illegal use of its services.
You can learn more about Stripe’s privacy practices here: https://stripe.com/en-gb-lv/privacy

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Stripe)

Retention Period:

30 minutes

Cookie Description:

These are third-party cookies set by Stripe. These cookies help Stripe to learn things about computers and web browsers used to access Stripe services. This information helps Stripe to monitor for and detect potentially harmful or illegal use of its services.
You can learn more about Stripe’s privacy practices here: https://stripe.com/en-gb-lv/privacy

Functionality cookies.

These are third party cookies which allows us to ensure functionality of our Website. For example, we use third-party service provided by Zendesk to provide you with live chat functionality on our Website. All information processed from third party cookies is processed by the respective service providers. You can find more information about third-party cookies and personal data processing by visiting the website of the respective third party. We use the following functionality cookies:

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Zendesk)

Retention Period:

1 year

Cookie Description:

These are third-party cookies set by Zendesk. These cookies are used to store the visitor’s identity across visits and the visitor’s preference to disable our live chat feature.
You can learn more about Zendesk’s privacy practices here: https://www.zendesk.com/company/agreements-and-terms/privacy-notice/

Analytics cookies.

Analytics cookies help us to understand how you interact with the Website and provide information about Website’s traffic. We use the following analytics cookies:

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Google Analytics)

Retention Period:

1 minute

Cookie Description:

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Website. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the Website.
You can learn more about Google Analytics privacy practices here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

Cookie Title:

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Google Analytics)

Retention Period:

24 hours

Cookie Description:

These cookies are used to store information about how visitors use the Website and helps to create an analytical report on how the Website works. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source from which they came, and the pages are received anonymously.

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Cookie Type:

Third-party (Google Analytics)

Retention Period:

7 days

Cookie Description:

These cookies are used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data, and track site usage in the Website’s Analysis report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.

Cookie Title:

hj_session

Cookie Type:

Third-party (Hotjar)

Retention Period:

1 year

Cookie Description:

Hotjar tracks how visitors use and interact with the Website. These cookies hold session data. Hotjar does not track users across different sites.
You can learn more about Hotjar privacy practices here: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/

Cookie Title:

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Cookie Type:

First-party

Retention Period:

2 hours

Cookie Description:

These cookies hold information about your current Website visit. This information might include the country from which you are accessing the Website, time and date.

How to manage cookie settings?

Cookie banner. When you visit our Website, you are presented with an informative statement (cookie banner) that the Website uses cookies and asked for your consent to enable Optional cookies (Functionality and Analytics cookies). In the cookie banner, you may manage your cookie preferences by making a choice on whether you wish to allow us to use Optional cookies or not. You may decide and consent to Optional cookies by actively clicking on the button “Confirm”. You may also choose to reject some or all Optional cookies under the section “Customise”. If you reject all Optional cookies, we will use only Necessary cookies for Website functionality and Optional cookies will be automatically rejected. Please note that if you reject all Optional cookies some features such as live chat and online payments won’t be available to you.

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Your consent is not required for the Necessary cookies that are mandatory for the Website to operate. Please note that choices you make in the cookie banner will be considered as your consent to the cookies and other similar technologies.

Cookie management panel. You can update your cookie preferences by clicking on the “Cookie Notice” link at the bottom of our Website and de-select categories of cookies you no longer wish to use.

Browser settings. You can manage your cookies on a browser level. Most browsers will also allow you to control how cookies are used through your browser settings. Please note that if you choose to refuse all cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Website. These settings will typically be found in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, otherwise, you should use the "Help" option in your browser for more details.

Please note that you can delete already accepted cookies at a browser level at any time. In such a way you can withdraw your already given consent at a browser level.

Changes to this Notice

We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time and so you should review this page periodically. When we change this Cookie Notice in a material way, we will update the "last updated" date at the end of this Cookie Notice.

Changes to this Cookie Notice are effective when they are posted on this page.

Last updated: 13-Jun-2023