Last Revised August, 2006

Overview

This Privacy Policy describes the policies between BookLetters and Subscribing Libraries related to this email newsletter service only. This Service contains materials that link to Web services operated by third parties. We have no control over those other services, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to refer to the privacy policies, if any, of those services.

Your use of this Service constitutes your acceptance of all of the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy. We may change the terms of this Privacy Policy, so Users are encouraged to review this page from time to time. Your continued use of this Service following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means that you accept the changes.

Information Collection

We gather and store e-mail addresses of patrons on behalf of usersas part of this service. We may also record other information that identifies users' computers to this Service and tracks behavior on the Service. Methods used to collect this information may include "cookies," which are small amounts of data sent to your browser from a server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Most browsers allow Users to block the receipt of cookies, but doing so may compromise your ability to use certain features of this Service.

Use of Information

We use this information to send e-newsletters to library patrons as authorized and controlled by library personnel from the Tool Kit. We also use this information to better understand the needs of our users, improve security, administration, and to help diagnose problems with e-mail delivery. We do not sell, share, or otherwise disclose this information to any outside parties, however, we may disclose aggregated anonymous statistics about many Users to advertisers and other affiliated and unaffiliated companies. We monitor e-mail "bounces" on behalf of users and may from time to time delete selected e-mail address from the library subscriber lists, that we believe to be inactive or inaccurate. We consider and treat the subscriber lists of our users as their sole property and provide current, complete and accurate listing of such to the designated Library BookLetter control person, upon request.

Security

We limit the amount of data we collect and we use reasonable security safeguards to protect Personal Information we collect from unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

Termination Practices

Upon Termination of this service between BookLetters and the user, BookLetters deletes and destroys all subscriber e-mail address listings collected on behalf of the user so as not to make possible our future use or availability of those lists to others.