The Peninsula
Library System values you as a customer and takes your personal privacy
seriously. This Privacy Policy describes information we may collect and
explains how we use the personal information we collect from you.
This policy
affirms the library's commitment to privacy, explains the information that the
library collects, and alerts visitors to library facilities and users of
remotely accessed library services to the privacy choices they face. This
policy provides information and process and is in compliance with applicable
federal, state, and local laws regarding the confidentiality of all library
users records. Although the library does everything we can to protect your privacy, there are times when
we may be required by law to provide this information with law enforcement.
To receive a library card, library users
are required to provide identifying information such as name, birth date, and mailing address. This identifying
information is retained as long as the
library user continues to use the library card.
A
library user's library record includes current information, items currently
checked out or on hold, as well as overdue materials and fines.
PLS provides two options for patrons to search the librarys
catalog. Below is distinction of the privacy related to the two search options.
The classic catalog is a search interface to find books and
materials and to place holds. When logging into your account, users can sign up
for email notification of new library materials which contain library user
saved search terms. Information gathered and stored using this feature is only
accessible to the library user. Users have the option of turning on My Reading
History, which is a running list of the titles, authors and checkout dates of
items you have checked out from the library over time. Titles are stored in My
Reading History until the library no longer owns a title or you choose to
delete a title from your list. You may turn your Reading History ON or OFF any
time when you log into your account.
When a user visits the classic catalog or our website, we collect
and store only information to measure the number of visitors to different areas
of the site to assist us in making the site more useful to you. Data collected
is separate from individual library account data. We cannot look up your
library record to determine what web sites you have visited.
The information collected is limited to:
The
address (IP) of your computer or Internet provider
The
date and time you accessed our site
The
Internet address of the web site that referred you to our site
BiblioCommons
BiblioCommons is a third-party software that provides a more
user-friendly method of displaying and searching books and materials and
placing holds than the Classic Catalog. Users may a share ratings and reviews
of titles found at the local library, create custom booklists, and see other
user recommendations. When a user accesses online catalog pages that are denoted as Powered by BiblioCommons in the
lower left-hand corner of the page, the user will be using what is referred to as the BiblioCommons Service,
and the user is subject to the BiblioCommons
Terms of Use. In acceptance of the BiblioCommons Terms of Use,
a user agrees to abide by the BiblioCommons Privacy Statement.
Users are advised to read the BiblioCommons Terms of Use and Privacy Statement
carefully.
You may create "Shared Content" including ratings,
reviews, Lists and My Shelves. Shared Content may be useful for your own
reference and can help other users find resources and information. You may make
portions of your Shared Content private, or you may leave it publicly available
(as "Public Content") for the benefit of yourself and other users. To
learn more about the controls BiblioCommons has put in place to protect your
privacy, please refer to the BiblioCommons Privacy Statement, or visit your
Privacy Settings in BiblioCommons.
When a user visits the classic catalog or our website, we collect
and store only information to measure the number of visitors to different areas
of the site to assist us in making the site more useful to you. Data collected
is separate from individual library account data. We cannot look up your
library record to determine what web sites you have visited.
The information collected is limited to:
The
address (IP) of your computer or Internet provider
The
date and time you accessed our site
The
Internet address of the web site that referred you to our site
The Library uses an online computer reservation program that
allows the public to reserve a computer. The Library's public computer search
stations are programmed to delete the PC history and a library user's Internet
session and all searches once an individual session is completed.
Computer
session time is collected for seven days
for statistical purposes. Barcodes are
associated with the session matching the session time in order to gather statistics regarding number of sessions, length of sessions, and total sessions. Each Wednesday
the barcode that is attached to the session
is deleted through an automated process, therefore keeping the usage
statistical data while disassociating it from the patron information.
Adopted April 3, 2003
Revised December
6, 2018