Privacy policy

This privacy policy for Friends of the Christian County Library (the “Friends,” “we,” “us,” “FOL,” or “our”), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you:

Visit our website at christiancountyfol.org or any of our websites that link to this privacy notice.

Engage with us in other ways, including contacting us, making a financial transaction with us, volunteering with us, or attending any of our events.

Information you provide directly to us may include your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and any information you choose to share when contacting us, donating, volunteering, or registering for events.

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at friendsccl417@gmail.com.

You may also write to us at:

Friends of the Christian County Library
208 N. McCroskey
Nixa, MO 65714

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Friends of the Christian County Library and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Communications: When you send us emails or letters, we may retain those messages. When you sign up for our mailing list, we keep your address. When you call us, we may retain notes on the conversation.

Purchases/Payments/Donations: For example, if you pay for a membership or donate to us via PayPal or by check, we save some personal information passed on to us by PayPal or on your check or envelope. We sometimes use Square for credit card payments when you buy items from us, such as books and media. Similarly, we save some personal information from Square transactions. Such personal information may include your name, mailing address, and your email address. We never see your credit card numbers.

 

Website visit tracking: We use information about website visits, provided to us by Google Analytics and your web browser, to improve our web pages or solve technical problems. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser, and device characteristics. We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and usage. Google processes this information on our behalf. We do not sell or independently share this data with third parties.

Cookies and log files: Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies saved by our website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help our website function properly and help us understand how visitors use our site.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. For example, to respond to emails, letters, phone calls, and online payments, and for our normal operations. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our website, shared with agents or contractors who assist in providing support for our internal operations, used by us to contact visitors, and to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.

We may share aggregated, non-personal information with third parties. Such information does not identify you individually.

Except as required to comply with the law, the Friends of the Christian County Library never shares or sells your information.

How do we keep your information safe? We ask our volunteers to take reasonable precautions and follow procedures we have developed to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

What about links to external websites? Our website includes links to third-party, external websites. We do not make any claims or guarantees about those sites, and are not responsible for their privacy policies. When visiting those sites, you will be subject to the terms and policies of those sites.

Children’s Privacy Our website is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.

For how long do we keep your information? We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

To delete, review, or change your Friends membership, please email your request to us at friendsccl417@gmail.com.