This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Information Collection and Use
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Web Site Registration
In order to receive more information about Friends, users can complete an online registration form. During registration, users provide their contact information (name and e-mail address). This information is used to contact users about the topics on our site for which they have expressed interest.

Cookies
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library uses cookies to track page usage.   Users have the option of disabling or not accepting cookies by changing the preferences on their browsers*. If users opt to disable cookies, they will still be able to use our Web site.   No personally identifiable information (e-mail address, name, etc.) is collected with the cookies that we set. Accepting cookies while on the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library site will not put the user at risk for marketing to other sites.

  *Different browsers have different cookie settings. With Netscape, you can ask the browser to allow, warn you, or completely disable cookies. Internet Explorer has an additional feature where you can specify different settings for different security zones. You can choose to allow Web sites to create cookies for you in your "trusted sites" (like Friends of the San Francisco Public Library), to warn you before you create them in your local Intranet zone, and to give you an option to never allow them in a "restricted zone." See the "Help" section of your particular browser for more information on working with cookies.

Web Statistics
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use for reporting and sponsorship purposes. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We will share aggregated usage information with our partners, sponsors, and donors. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We only share this information so that we can secure funding to continue providing this site free of charge.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Friends of the San Francisco Public Library does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Send This to a Friend
If users elect to use our "Send This to a Friend" function, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library will automatically send friends a one-time e-mail message inviting them to visit the site. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library stores this information temporarily for the sole purpose of sending this one-time message.

Choice/Opt-in
Our users are given the opportunity to "opt in" to newsletters and site update e-mail messages. To unsubscribe from any updates, users can email info@friendssfpl.org .

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our home page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.