Privacy Statement

Warren Newport Public Library Website Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Warren Newport Public Library website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no information about you when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide the information to us.

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit for statistical purposes only:

  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
  • The date and time you access our site
  • The pages you visit
  • What geographic location your request came from
  • How much time you spent on our site
  • If you linked to the Warren Newport Public Library website from another web site
  • If you were referred to our site from a search engine

We use this information to make our site more useful to visitors to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology visitors use. This helps us evaluate what we include on our website and develop a site that is accessible to all users, and responsive to user information needs. It also helps us schedule downtime when the least number of users are likely to be affected. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

If you contact us by using electronic mail or fillable forms available on our website the information may be seen by various library staff members in an attempt to respond to your request. If you are using our library catalog and identify yourself with your library card number to renew items, place a hold or send a request, our database will note your identity in order to update your patron record. Once you log out of catalog or leave the catalog web site, your activity will no longer be linked with your identity.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on the Warren Newport Public Library web site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please forward them to askus@wnpl.info