PURPOSE
The purpose of the Confidentiality Policy is to ensure confidentiality of borrower information in The Seattle Public Library. This administrative policy excludes the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, which follows the rules of confidentiality established by the National Library Service, Library of Congress.
POLICY
It is the policy of The Seattle Public Library to protect the privacy of those who use the Library. Staff members and volunteers shall protect information about Library borrowers, their requests for information and materials, the online sites and resources they access, and their loan transactions, and shall not transmit such information to individuals or to any private or public agency without an order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or as otherwise required by law. A borrower 13 years or older may indicate which party or parties can act on his or her behalf to pick up waiting holds in the following ways: By sending his or her library card or notice with another party, or by completing a holds pick up authorization form. A borrower may allow a party to act on his or her behalf for checkout of materials by sending his or her library card with another party.
January 22, 2002. Revised October 2002.
SUPERCEDES POLICY:
Confidentiality of Library User Records Policy adopted July 21, 1980 and revised August 24, 1999
