Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library Privacy Policy
This website is owned by Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Schenectady, New York. Our online properties comprise, but are not limited to, all pages found under https://friendsofscpl.org and https://whitneybookcorner.org. This privacy policy applies to these sites and other sites, mobile apps, or other online services we operate that link to this Policy (collectively, referred to below as “the site” or “our site”).
Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy discloses how we collect, protect, and use information you provide or we collect online. If our policy practices change in the future, we will let you know by posting our revised privacy policy on the site. By using the pages on this site or other services covered by the posted privacy policy, you are accepting the practices described in the privacy policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Personally Identifiable Information. At our site, we do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our site. Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library only gathers personally identifiable data on our site, such as names, addresses, Zip codes, e-mail addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. Once collected, we may combine this information with other information collected from external sources.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information. In addition to personal information, we may collect additional information that does not personally identify you. Other Information may include information collected:
a. From Your Activity. Information that we may automatically collect when you visit, access, and/or use the site, including, but not limited to your IP address, Internet service provider, browser type and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, date and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, which sections of our site you visit, number of links you click while on the site, search terms, operating system, and general geographic location.
b. From Cookies. Information that we automatically collect using technical methods, including but not limited to “cookies”, JavaScript tags, web beacons, pixel gifs, Flash cookies, and other locally stored objects. Cookies are small packets of data that a website stores on your computer’s hard drive so that your computer will “remember” information about your visit. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to enhance your experience and to allow us to collect other information. You may be able to disable cookies and/or other locally stored cookies by disabling them in your browser or on your device. Please consult your Internet browser’s documentation for information on how to do this and how to delete persistent cookies.
Friends of Schenectady County Public Library’s partners include, but are not limited to, Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the site analyze how users use the site. Other information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on site activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this site. By using our sites, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site–for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.
USE AND SHARING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
The personally identifiable information you provide is used by Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library and other individuals or entities who are involved in the operation of this site or who provide support for the Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library’s mission and programs, for general business purposes and for the purposes for which you provided the information. General business purposes include, for example, Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library membership activities, program participation, marketing, promotions, fundraising activities, and communications. The purposes for which you provide information includes our use of your personally identifiable information to process online membership applications, transactions, and donations, or to facilitate participation in Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library programs, promotions, and services. We do not sell the information you provide to us online with third parties. We may share personally identifiable information with third parties including: (i) when the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it; (ii) when sharing the information is with a service provider in furtherance of our operations or the operation of the site, for instance, to process a donation or other transaction you make; (iii) to facilitate participation in Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library programs, promotions, and services, or to engage in fundraising, marketing communications, and promotions; (iv) to comply with legal processes such as a subpoena or court order or to otherwise protect your or our legal rights; or (v) for other purposes for which you provided the information. Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library has no control over or responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online transactions. For example, if you elect to make a donation or pay for membership through our site using a credit card, your credit card information is transmitted to Stripe (the third-party service provider that we use to process on-line payments) and is subject to Stripe’s data collection and use policies. For more information about Stripe’s privacy policies with respect to information submitted by “End Customers”, please visit Privacy Policy (stripe.com).
ACCESSING AND MODIFYING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES
Upon request, Friends of Schenectady County Public Library will grant individuals reasonable access to personal information that we hold about them. For example, visitors who have provided personal information to us may review and/or make changes to the same by contacting us. In addition, individuals may manage their receipt of marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any of our marketing or solicitation e-mails. We will use reasonable efforts to process such requests in a timely manner.
CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through the site. If you are under 13, please do not give us any personal information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our privacy policy by instructing their children to never provide personal information through the site without their parent or guardian’s permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
SEARCH ENGINES AND OTHER SITES
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with us, such as google.com, may crawl the site and make available to the public publicly-available content and postings from the site. Our site may also contain links to other websites. Friends of Schenectady County Public Library is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites, and we encourage our users to be aware of such search engines and other sites when they leave our websites and to read the privacy policies of each website they visit. We have no responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you can contact us at:
Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library
99 Clinton St.
Schenectady, NY 12305
Attn: President
You may email us your question at friendslibrary12305@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for visiting our site.
This privacy policy was last updated July 2023.
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