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The University of Washington Libraries values the privacy of library users. The Libraries seeks to minimize the collection and retention of personally identifiable information. Information that is retained is required for the management of library operations. Federal law, state law and local policies mandate the privacy of library records. To maintain the privacy of these records the Libraries has put in place procedures to safeguard personal information.
Commercial Use of Information
No personal information maintained by the Libraries is sold to third parties.
Web Use
These policies relate to web pages in the "lib.washington.edu" and
"healthlinks.washington.edu" domains. The Libraries does not maintain
any personally identifiable information about site use other than proxy server
logs maintained to analyze user access problems. We also maintain server logs
that contain aggregate information about use of the site.
Circulation Records
The circulation database contains information needed to manage the loaning of
library material. There is no record linking a user to library material
after the book has been returned unless charges have been levied. The Libraries
may provide information to third parties under contract to the University in
order to obtain payment of fees or return of library materials.
General Request for Services or Information
Information is retained only long enough to respond to your request. Some requests
may result in the addition of personal information to the Libraries circulation
database e.g., registering for email notification.
Fee-based services (Resource Sharing, Health Information For You, etc.)
Information is maintained in order to respond to user requests and to manage
billing. The Libraries may provide information to third parties working for
us to obtain payment of fees or return of library materials.
Cookies
The Libraries uses temporary cookies to track session characteristics on the
Information Gateway and the Web Catalog. No personally identifiable information
is received or kept and no persistent cookies are placed on users' computers.
Email
When contacting library staff users should be aware that email messages are
subject to public disclosure laws and may be obtained as a public record.
Links to Other Sites
The Libraries Information Gateway and Healthlinks contain many links to other
sites, including databases and electronic journals that the Libraries have licensed
for the use of University of Washington faculty, students and staff. Users should
be aware that these sites have their own privacy polices that may be different
from the UW Libraries policy.
Contacting Us
For more information about our privacy policies please contact Thom Deardorff,
Coordinator for Access Services at tdeardor@u.washington.edu.
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