Thomas University Library is committed to protecting patron privacy as a critical component of intellectual and academic freedom on campus. The guarantee of privacy is supported by federal and state law, and by the privacy policies of Thomas University. TU Library limits the collection of personal information to what is relevant and necessary to conduct library business, e.g. patron name, university identification, and items borrowed. We retain that information only as long as it is needed to complete transactions or provide service. Information in a personal library record is considered confidential and will not be released by the Library to a third party except by court order or legal search warrant.
While the library makes every effort to negotiate the protection of user information in licensing agreements with outside database vendors, the University does not govern the privacy practices of those vendors. Users, therefore, should read the privacy statement on each Web site to determine these practices.