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August 17, 2004
The UC Irvine Libraries provide the Libraries Web site and services
to facilitate the pursuit and production of knowledge in support of learning
and scholarship at the University of California, Irvine. Your privacy
while using the UC Irvine Libraries Web site and services is an important
element of intellectual and academic freedom. UC Irvine Libraries are
committed to protecting the privacy of our library users. Our policies
also support the UC libraries' commitment to user privacy as expressed
in Your
Privacy and the Library and the precepts of confidentiality described
in
the Code
of Ethics of the American Library Association, which states: "We
protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality
with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted,
borrowed, acquired or transmitted."
Confidentially of Library Records
In the course of providing services, such as the ANTPAC Catalog, Interlibrary
Loan, and reference services, the Libraries acquire personally identifiable
information about you, including your name, university ID, and items
borrowed. When it is necessary for the Libraries to identify users in
the course of normal library business, it is our goal to keep personal
information for the shortest amount of time necessary to complete transactions
or provide service. Access to personal information is restricted to authorized
library staff who need it to conduct library business. Personal information
is never revealed to external parties unless required by law and never
used for commercial purposes. The Libraries adhere to the UCI
Guidelines for the UC Electronic Communications Policy, campus
and UC policies, and state
and national laws.
ANTPAC Catalog
In order for the UCI community to conduct business with the Libraries
(e.g., library circulation records, MyANTPAC portal service, interlibrary
loan requests), the Libraries maintain a patron database in the ANTPAC
catalog that stores personal information. Transaction records are deleted
from the ANTPAC system after each transaction is completed. Inactive
patron records are periodically removed from the patron database. The
Libraries use the information in your patron records only to interact
with and provide service to you (e.g., fulfilling interlibrary borrowing
requests, placing holds, and collecting overdue fines). Browsing the
ANTPAC Catalog to look up titles and check book and journal locations
does not require any personal information from you.
UC Irvine Libraries Web Site
The UC Irvine Libraries routinely collect information to help us manage
the site and improve service. Examples of such information collected
and stored by the UC Irvine Libraries Web site include:
- your Internet location (Internet domain and IP address)
- type of browser and operating system used to access our site
- date and time our site was visited
- pages visited on our site
- search terms used on our search engines
The UC Irvine Libraries Web site links to other sites and resources
that are not under the administrative control of UC Irvine Libraries.
These external sites may have privacy policies that are different from
UC Irvine Libraries or none at all. UC Irvine Libraries cannot guarantee
the privacy policies of these sites. Where the Libraries contract with
vendors for digital information products and resources, every attempt
is made to include user privacy protections in the license agreements.
Often you can tell you are leaving a UC Libraries Web site by noting
the URL of the destination site. We encourage you to read the privacy
statements at these sites to determine their privacy practices.
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