Plain language, no lawyers
Privacy Policy
We are a lending library in one room. We keep the least we can, we keep it to run the library, and we do not sell any of it.
If you are only reading this site
You do not have to tell us anything, and there is nothing to sign up for. We count visits with two services: Google Analytics, and Ahrefs Web Analytics. Between them they tell us which pages get read, what kind of device people are on, and roughly which city or country a visit came from. That is usage patterns, not people. Neither one is given your name, neither is used for advertising, and there is no advertising anywhere on this site.
Google Analytics sets two cookies in your browser so that it can tell a reader coming back from a reader arriving for the first time. Ahrefs sets none. The cookies page lists both of them, says how long they last, and explains how to refuse them.
Our host, Cloudflare, keeps short-lived technical logs of requests, as every web host does, to serve the site and to keep it up.
If you are a member
Membership is done at the desk, on paper and in conversation, not through this website. What the librarian records in the register is:
- your name, phone number, and address, so we can reach you about a book. The address is copied from your Aadhaar when you join;
- your email address, if you give us one;
- that we hold your ID. The photocopy of your Aadhaar card (full or masked, as you prefer) and your passport-size photograph are kept on paper, in the library's member file. They are never scanned, photographed, or typed into a computer, so neither the Aadhaar number nor the picture is in the register or on this site;
- when you joined, which plan you are on, and when it expires;
- what you have borrowed, when it was due, and when it came back;
- any reservation you have asked for; and
- the occasional note, such as a book returned damaged, or a recommendation you enjoyed.
That is the register a library has always kept. It is here so that the librarian knows where the books are and so that your own page can show you what you have.
Your page, and the link to it
Members get a private link to their own page. It works without a password, which means anyone holding the link can open that page and see that member's loans. Treat it like a key: do not post it publicly. If you think the link has got out, tell us and we will issue a new one, which retires the old one.
Who else sees it
The librarian, and nobody else. We do not sell, rent, or share the register, and we do not send marketing on anyone else's behalf. The data sits with Cloudflare, who host this site and store the database for us. Government school students who borrow free are recorded the same way as everyone else, and are not reported anywhere.
How long we keep it
Member records are kept while the membership is active and for a while after, because members come back after a gap and it is unkind to make someone start again. Ask us to delete yours and we will, once any borrowed book is back on the shelf.
Asking us about your data
Ask for a copy of what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Do it in person at the desk, or get in touch. There is no form and no ticket number, it is a conversation with the person who keeps the register.
Changes
If this page changes in a way that matters, the change will be described in the blog rather than quietly swapped in.
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