Privacy Policy Summary
Queen Anne’s County Library (the "Library," "we," or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our customers, donors and other contacts. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Code of Ethics: “We protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.” Customer records are confidential. Their inspection , use or disclosure outside of the library’s ordinary business activities is prohibited (Annotated Code of Maryland ED §23-108) and such is excluded from disclosure under the Maryland Freedom of Information Act (ST GOV §10-611et al.) unless otherwise provided by law. We will not collect or retain your private and personally identifiable information without your consent. We require your personal information in order to set up a library account by assigning you a unique identity within our system. This helps protect you from fraudulent use of your library card and unauthorized access to your user history. To safeguard privacy, customers requesting information will be asked to provide their library card number, name, and other information. Information can also be given to persons authorized by the cardholder to access their record.
Introduction
Queen Anne’s County Library respects your privacy and acknowledges the need for appropriate protection and management of personal identifiable information. This privacy policy is meant to inform users of our guidelines and procedures regarding how we collect information from users, how we use it, and your rights to this information.
Collection of Personal Identifiable Information
Personal identifiable information is any information that may be used to identify you as an individual, including but not limited to, your first and last name, your home or other physical address, your email address, your credit card number, and other comparable information. When you visit our website, catalog, and/or any co-branded third party site, Queen Anne’s County Library will ask for and collect personal identifiable information to provide you with products and services; for communication purposes; to provide customer service; to send marketing emails; and for internal promotional purposes. Queen Anne’s County Library collects personal identifiable information about you from various sources including, but not limited to, the following:
information required to register for a library card;
information we collect from events/programs participation;
information about your transactions with us;
information we collect from webform submissions; and information we receive from Library server logs from your browser, including IP address, cookie information, and the page requested.
Disclosure and Sharing of Personal Identifiable Information
Queen Anne’s County Library will not distribute, sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal identifiable information to any third party except as follows:
to business partners and other third parties that help us to provide certain products and services to you, for research, and to process payments;
when required or permitted by law such as in response to warrants, subpoenas, or other valid legal process;
when you have consented to such disclosure.