Amigos Privacy Policy
Amigos Library Services, Inc. (Amigos) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website. Amigos has established this Privacy Policy to explain what information we collect through our website and how it is used.
Amigos will not disclose personally identifiable information about a user to a third party without the user’s consent unless required by law or when doing business on the user’s behalf. We will collect no personal information about any site user unless the user provides that information to us.
Information Gathered by the Amigos Website
Our web servers collect information for site management and statistical purposes. The system creates summary statistics, which are used to assess what information is of most and least interest, determine technical design specifications, and identify system performance or problem areas. This information is not linked to a site user’s personally identifiable information.
Visitors to our website can engage in most activities without providing personal information. For some web-based activities such as events and training registration, Amigos may ask users to register and provide certain information about themselves. Users will not be able to conduct these activities without providing the required information, but may contact Amigos by phone or mail to conduct any transaction available on our website (see contact information below).
Some online applications on the Amigos website use a common feature known as a cookie to store information about where site users are in the site, and to track current and past activity. Amigos does not store any user’s personal information in cookies. A cookie is a small data file that the website writes to the user’s browser. A cookie cannot pass on a virus. It cannot read other data on the user’s hard drive or cookie files created by other sites. Site users can refuse cookies by turning them off in their browsers. However, if this is done, access to the Amigos website's functionality may be negatively impacted.
Use of Information
Amigos uses information obtained from site users to record and support their participation in the activities they select and to communicate to them the benefits of membership. This includes announcements of new products and services available from Amigos and our vendor partners.
There are instances in which Amigos may distribute personal information site users have provided. Amigos may provide this personal information if, in our good faith judgment, it is necessary and serves users’ interests to facilitate and transact business on their behalf with qualified third-party vendors.
The Amigos website provides links to a wide variety of third-party websites. Amigos is not responsible for and does not have any control over the privacy practices or content of such third party sites.
Updating or Removing Information
Site users may choose to correct, update, or delete personal information they have submitted to us by sending an email requesting changes to . Please understand that deleted information may continue to persist on back-up media. Users may also contact Amigos at:
Amigos Library Services
14400 Midway Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244
972-851-8000
1-800-843-8482
Fax: 972 991-6061
Changes to Our Policies
The Amigos Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Any revised privacy policy will be consistent with the Amigos mission. Any substantive changes to our policy will be posted on this page.
Security
Amigos employs industry-standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Although we make good faith efforts to store information we collect in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.
