Texas A&M University Libraries Web Site Privacy

Privacy Statement

The Library respects the privacy of library users. The library does not collect personal information about visitors to its website.

We do use personal information that you supply in online forms and other requests for information and services to respond to your requests. We also require personal authentication before allowing individuals to login and conduct transactions such as renewals through the Libraries various online catalogs or use electronic resources licensed by the Libraries.

We may collect information through server logs. This information can help analyze use of the library website, diagnose server problems, and administer the website. This information may include the following:

user/client hostname or IP address
HTTP header, "user agent" information (browser, its version, and operating system)
HTTP header, "referrer" information (the page that directed the client to the current page)
system date (date and time of request)
full request (exact request made)
status (status code returned in response to the request)
content length (in bytes, of the file sent in response to the request)
method (request method used)
Universal Resource Identifier (URI; location of a resource on the server)
query string of the URI (anything after the question mark in a URI)
protocol (transport protocol and version used)
We will only release information when legally required to help law enforcement investigations, legal proceedings, or internal investigations of TAMU rule and regulation violations. These groups would use the information to track the electronic interactions back to the source. The library does not sell any personal information to third parties.

This site contains links to other websites. The library is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites.

This statement is based on the TAMU Privacy Statement.