Privacy/Confidentiality Policy
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. Such records shall not be made available to any agency or state, federal, or local government except pursuant to such process, order or subpoena as may be authorized under the authority of, and pursuant to, federal, state, or local law relating to civil, criminal, or administrative discovery procedures or legislative investigative power.
SECTION A. REFERENCES
The confidentiality policy of The Morristown Centennial Library is based on the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont Statues.
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech...
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Vermont Statues, Title 22: Libraries, History, and Information Technology, Chapter 4: Library Patron Records.
SECTION B. CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
Confidentiality is essential to protect the exercise of First and Fourth Amendment rights. In accordance with First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont Statute 22 V.S.A. §171–172 the Board of Trustees of the Morristown Centennial Library respects the privacy of users and recognizes its responsibility to protect their privacy.
SECTION A. REFERENCES
The confidentiality policy of The Morristown Centennial Library is based on the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont Statues.
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech...
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Vermont Statues, Title 22: Libraries, History, and Information Technology, Chapter 4: Library Patron Records.
SECTION B. CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
Confidentiality is essential to protect the exercise of First and Fourth Amendment rights. In accordance with First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Vermont Statute 22 V.S.A. §171–172 the Board of Trustees of the Morristown Centennial Library respects the privacy of users and recognizes its responsibility to protect their privacy.