Privacy Policy & Legal Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy and Legal Terms and Conditions for Use of This Site

Please read this page carefully. This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you, the website visitor, may use this site, the content of which is owned by or licensed to The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative and is operated and administered by library staff. By using this site, You agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth below. If You do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this site. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time; therefore, you should periodically review these Terms and Conditions.

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative seeks to improve the community through the use of resource sharing of information, media, and books.  We strive to provide credible sources and to collect viewpoints representing the needs of all members of the greater Perry County community. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the availability, accuracy, currency, or completeness of this site or its contents. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from Your access, inability to access, or use of this site, including, without limitation, any damages or injury arising from any links to other sites contained within or referred to in this site.

Privacy

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative is committed to preserving your right to privacy. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative does not collect identifying information about You, such as your name or contact information, unless you voluntarily submit that information to us.

Please do not provide any confidential information about you or anyone else to us via electronic communication. We collect non-personal information about your use of our website through the use of cookies. These cookies allow us to statistically monitor how many people are using our website and which pages people find necessary to view. You do not have to accept our cookies in order to productively use our site. Most browsers offer instructions on how to set the browser to reject cookies.We do not use cookies to collect or store personal information about you.

Additionally, The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative may include a third party cookie from Google in order to use Google Analytics to monitor site statistics. Please note that Google and its wholly owned subsidiaries may retain and use, subject to the terms of its Privacy Policy (located at http://www.google.com/privacy.html, or such other URL as Google may provide), information collected in your use of the Service.

When you visit the site, The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative may automatically collect certain non-identifying information about You, such as the type of browser or computer operating system you use or the domain name of the site from which you linked to us. We use this information to build a better site for your use.

Any automatically collected information may be maintained indefinitely and used for our internal business and marketing purposes, such as assessing traffic patterns and usage of various features on the site. Notwithstanding any other statements or representations here or elsewhere on our site, The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative reserves its right to disclose any information in its possession if it is required to do so by law, or it believes, in good faith, that such a disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, defend its rights or property, or to respond to an emergency situation.

If you are concerned about the information you have provided to The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative or would like to review, update, or delete that information, please contact us at library@pecoinfo.org.The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative will make reasonable efforts to comply with your wishes.

Comments are seen by the leaders of The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative who collaboratively handle content-related issues. The only way personally identifiable information can be collected is if the visitor voluntarily types such information into one of the open text fields.

Data is saved in your library’s account showing borrowing and search history. The necessary pages are secured using 128-bit encryption.

We may, unless you indicate otherwise, store, edit, and excerpt your email for use in Q&As, presentations, and other similar purposes. In these cases, we will delete any content that would specifically identify you as the writer of the email.

The only personally identifiable information that is actively collected are email addresses of individuals who opt-in to our newsletter programs. These email addresses are only used for delivering our newsletters. These addresses are not typically viewed by a human being unless there is some problem with the database. Users may remove their email address from our list by using the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of each newsletter.

A Note about Online Use

Our site is intended to be a safe resource for all to find useful, age-appropriate information and opportunities for community resource sharing.   We all take children’s privacy very seriously.  We do not tolerate misuse.

Security

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative employs reasonable security measures to protect the personal information you submit to it. Such security involves the use of SSL-secured Web forms, firewalls, and other commonly employed security methods.

User Submissions

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative welcomes your comments on its site. However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions, or other information, that information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Perry County Library Technology Cooperative. By submission of any information to us, you assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you.

As a user of this site, you are responsible for your own communications, and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not send any of the following things: material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; sexually explicit images; advertisements or solicitations of business; chain letters or pyramid schemes. In addition, do not impersonate any other person.

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to this site for violating these terms or the law, and reserves the right to remove any communications from this site. The violation of any of the terms and conditions set forth on this Terms and Conditions page shall result in the immediate revocation of your right to use the content, and obligates you to immediately destroy any copies of the content in your possession.

Links

This site contains links to websites owned by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and are not an endorsement by The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative of the contents of those other sites. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative is not responsible for the content of any linked sites, and makes no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If You decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this site, You do so at Your own risk.

Emails Claiming to Be From Us

Emails directly from us will come from addresses ending in the domain: @pecoinfo.org.  We use email as an opt in service that helps us to serve you better.   Add us to your safe email list.

Occasionally, in a scam known as “phishing,” mass emailers will send messages that claim to be from us. They may use our name, logo, or employee email addresses in fraudulent emails trying to obtain valuable information from consumers and businesses. These fraudulent emails often create a false sense of urgency intended to prompt the recipient to take action.We do not send out unsolicited emails or commercial endorsements, and do not ask for detailed personal information. If you get this sort of email appearing to be from us, you should assume that it is fraudulent and avoid clicking any link within the email. Please report any emails that you suspect to be fraudulent to your internet provider, and also to The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative at library@pecoinfo.org.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative does not warrant that the site will operate error-free or that the site or its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. If your use of the site or the site’s material results in the need for servicing or replacing of equipment or data, The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative shall not be responsible for those costs. This site and its material are provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind. THE PERRY COUNTY LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIBRARY, ITS PARTNERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED IN THE SITE CONTENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER THE PERRY COUNTY LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Use of Site Material

The contents of this site, including, without limitation, text, graphics, images, and other content are owned by or licensed to The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative, and are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the content violates copyright, trademark, and other laws. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original content on any copy you make of such material. You may not sell or modify our content or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Use of the content without written permission on any other website or in a networked environment is prohibited. For permission to reprint or link to our content, send a request to library@pecoinfo.org.

Miscellaneous

This site originates from within the United States. The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative does not claim that the content on this site is appropriate or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the site from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

By using this site, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts situated in the State of Pennsylvania with respect to any dispute, disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this site. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this site, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and The Perry County Library Technology Cooperative with respect to your use of this site.