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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Privacy Policy
Our Commitment To Privacy
Protecting your privacy is important to us. This notice explains our information practices and the choices you can make about the way the library collects and uses your information.
The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected by or submitted to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The types of personal information collected include:
- Name
- Address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Drivers license number or alternative state identification number
- Parent/guardian name for minors 17 and under
- Approved individuals designated to pick up reserves and/or pay late fees
- Library card number (used for materials request form and access to your library account)
- Date of birth (used for library card application and program registration)
- Gender (used for library card registration)
- School grade (used for program registration only)
- Name of school (used for Summer Reading registration only)
The Way We Use This Information
We do not share information collected with outside parties except for possible uses related to the recovery of materials.
We use email addresses to respond to the email we receive, to confirm program registrations, and occasionally to alert customers to new services they may want to use. We also send notices to customers who have given us their email address for that purpose. Mailing addresses may be used to send program registration confirmation letters and to send information about library programs, services, and fundraising. Such addresses are not shared with outside parties.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our web site. For example, we may let it be known publicly that a specific number of individuals visited a certain area on our web site, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
We will never disclose a child’s personal information such as full name, address, etc. (“information that would facilitate or enable the physical or online locating and contacting of a specific individual”) without written approval from a parent or legal guardian. In accordance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) we will only display a child’s first name, neighborhood, and age on our site to announce contest winners and display customer-submitted comments.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to prohibit such unrelated uses. If law enforcement agents in the course of an investigation request library records, the library may be required by law to release records pertaining to your activities at the library.
Our Commitment To Data Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important to us. Parents are responsible for supervising their children’s use of the Internet, especially when a child wishes to give out personal information online.
The personal information requested on our web site is sent directly to an internal database accessible only by staff or directly to a pertinent staff member’s email account. Information collected by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is not shared with any other agency or organization.
Parents and children are strongly encouraged to read "Child Safety on the Information Highway" and "Teen Safety on the Information Highway" together. In particular, the sections Guidelines for Parents, My Rules for Internet Safety, and Basic Rules of Online Safety for Teens provide important assistance in helping minors to be safe while using the Internet.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please call us at 412.622.3114 or send us an email at Ask a Librarian.
February, 2007
Further Information
See also Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's
