The following policy is in accordance with state and county law:
All information contained in a patron record is confidential information and may only be released under the following circumstances:
A. A Library record may be released to the record holder at any time it is requested.
B. A library record may be released to a non-record holder with written permission form the record holder or verbal permission from the record holder with a library staff member present.
C. To a law enforcement officer who is actin gin the scope of the officer's law enforcement duties and has the appropriate legal documents (i.e. subpoena or search warrant).
D. The Library needs to release the records for administrative purposes, including the establishment, maintenance, or transfer of the library records management system; or records that document improper use of the Internet at the Library, provided that patron identifying information is removed,
When the library personnel are served with a subpoena, search warrant, or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, they should immediately notify the Director. The Director will notify the County Prosecutor's office for legal assistance in these cases.
For purposes of this policy, the following definitions apply:
A. Library Record - is a record in any form, written, verbal, or electronic, that is maintained by the Library and that contains any of the following types of non-evaluative, identifying information:
1. Information the Library requires a patron to provide to determine eligibility for services; or
2. Information that identifies a patron as having requested or obtained specific materials or materials on a specific subject; or
3. Information provided by the patron to assist a staff member to answer a specific question or provide information of a specific question.
B. Patron Information - is any personal, identifiable information about an individual who has used any Library service or borrowed any Library materials. Non-specific age or gender information is not considered patron information.
C. Guardian - a person, association, or corporation that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to exercise parental rights over a child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the residual parental rights of the child's parents.
๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด.