Data Privacy Notice
pursuant to EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation — GDPR)
1. Data controllers
Personal data collected through this survey are jointly processed by:
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) as institutional partner responsible for the dissemination of the survey and the integration of results into the Fair’s programme.
Literacy Italia Association (ALI) , as the promoting body and scientific coordinator of the Digital Narratives Observatory.
2. Contact person for data protection
For any enquiry regarding the processing of personal data, please write to:
Tiziana Mascia, scientific committee DNO – associazione@literacyitalia.it
3. Purpose of the research and data processing
This survey is conducted within the framework of the Digital Narratives Observatory, a research project promoted by the Literacy Italia Association in collaboration with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The Observatory aims to monitor and interpret the transformations of digital narratives for children and young people by collecting the perspectives of international publishers.
The survey is addressed to exhibitors at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2026 and is designed to capture publishers’ positioning towards digital storytelling, areas of experimentation, perceived challenges, and emerging needs.
The data collected will be used exclusively for:
- aggregate and anonymous analysis of results, to be included in the Digital Narratives Trends 2026 report;
- presentation of results during the Observatory conference at BCBF 2026;
- potential scholarly publications related to the Observatory project.
The scientific coordination of the survey is entrusted to the Scientific Committee of the Observatory, established by the Literacy Italia Association.
4. Legal basis for processing
Data processing is based on the consent of the data subject (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), expressed through the voluntary completion of the survey.
For e-mail addresses optionally provided, processing is based on specific consent given at the time of entry (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
5. Personal data collected
The survey is designed to collect exclusively professional opinions in anonymous form. No mandatory identifying data are required.
The only personal data potentially collected are the e-mail address and publishing house name, optionally provided by respondents who wish to be contacted by the Observatory to share a project or participate in future activities.
No sensitive data, data relating to minors, or judicial data are collected.
6. Recipients of data
Data will be processed exclusively by authorised personnel of the Literacy Italia Association and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, within the scope of their respective functions and in compliance with confidentiality obligations.
Data will not be transferred to third parties, sold, or used for commercial, marketing, or profiling purposes.
Survey results will be disseminated exclusively in aggregate and anonymous form, so that no individual respondent can be identified.
7. Publicity and confidentiality
The collected material does not constitute information subject to public disclosure obligations. Individual responses will not be made public under any circumstances. Any quotations from the open-ended question will be reported anonymously and without any element that could enable the identification of the respondent.
8. Retention period
Anonymous survey data will be retained for the duration necessary to complete the Observatory’s research activities, and in any case for a period not exceeding 24 months from the date of collection.
E-mail addresses optionally provided will be retained for a maximum of 12 months and subsequently deleted, unless the data subject provides renewed consent.
9. Rights of the data subject
At any time, the data subject has the right to:
- access their personal data and obtain a copy;
- request rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data;
- request erasure of data (right to be forgotten);
- request restriction of processing;
- object to processing;
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal;
- lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, www.garanteprivacy.it) or with the supervisory authority of their country of residence.
To exercise your rights, please write to: [privacy e-mail].
10. Consent
By completing and submitting the survey, you express your consent to the processing of data as described above.
Participation is entirely voluntary. You may discontinue the survey at any time without consequence