Privacy Policy

The Petoskey District Library is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of confidential information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. Other than as required by laws that guarantee public access to certain types of information, or in response to subpoenas or other legal instruments that authorize access, personal information is not actively shared. In particular, we do not re-distribute or sell personal information collected on our web servers.

Information collected:

Petoskey District Library does not associate this data to individual user identities.

The library strives to collect the least amount of personally identifiable information from customers. We keep your information as long as required by Michigan State Law. The library does not engage in practices that might place personally identifiable information on public view without customer consent.

It is standard library practice to collect the following information:

• Information required to register for a library card such as name, address, telephone number, email address, birthdate
• Library barcode number or guest pass number used to log on to public computers
• Records of items currently checked-out, requested, interlibrary loans, fines/fees owed, payments made
• Sign-up information for library programs

The library uses Google Analytics to collect data about the use of our website to make improvements to the website and track trends. Data collected includes:

• Browser type
• Device type
• Engagement information (sessions, session duration, pageviews)
• Geography (internet service provider location, language)
• Network service provider
• Operating system
• Referrals (web address customer coming from)

Any personally identifiable information given to the library in email messages, web forms, in-person or telephone reference, or other communications is used only for the purpose for which it was originally collected.

Cookies

Petoskey District Library site may use "cookies" in order to deliver web content specific to individual users' interests. Sensitive personal information is not stored within cookies.

Webforms

Petoskey District Library uses webforms on this site. These forms require users to give contact information, including: name, address, phone, email, birthdate. Contact information from the registration form is used only to send material relating to the event/purpose for which it was collected and will not be sold to another party.

Use of collected information:

• Petoskey District Library will only use personal information collected from this site for the purpose of communication back to individuals who contact us via the site.
• Petoskey District Library uses browser-IP-address information and anonymous-browser history to report information about site accesses and for profiling purposes. This information is used to improve Web presentation and utilization. IP address information may also be used for troubleshooting purposes.
• The PAC2 information collected by BiblioCommons is used to identify users accessing their secure content, and to pre-fill forms with information about the user submitting the form.

Distribution of collected information:

• Petoskey District Library will not disclose, without your consent, personal information collected about you, except for certain explicit circumstances in which disclosure is required by law.
• Petoskey District Library will not distribute or sell personal information to third-party organizations.

Privacy Statement Revisions:

This Privacy Statement was last revised on March 2, 2023. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement each time you visit the web site.

If we make a significant change to our Privacy Statement, we will post a notice on the homepage of our web site for a period of time after the change is made.

Responsibility for External Sites:

This website may contain links to other web sites. Some of those web sites may be operated by third parties. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of web sites operated by others.

We are not responsible for the performance of web sites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this web site we recommend that you review each web site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.

While using this website, you may encounter hypertext links to the Web pages of other websites or organizations not directly affiliated with the Petoskey District Library. Petoskey District Library does not control the content or information practices of external organizations.  We recommend you review the privacy statements of these organizations.

How to contact us

Visit us at the library at 500 E Mitchell St in downtown Petoskey; call 231.758.3100; email library@petoskeylibrary.org