Privacy Policy
The Posen Digital Library is a digital archive of the Posen Foundation. The Posen Digital Library makes available via the Internet articles and related materials from the Posen Foundation's book series entitled The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, published by Yale University Press, department of Yale University (the "Publisher"), as well as related materials.
We take your privacy seriously, and understand that you care about how your personal information is used and shared. Please read the following carefully to learn more about our privacy policy. By accessing the Posen Digital Library website at www.posenlibrary.com (the "Website") and/or the content on this Website (the "Posen Digital Library Service"), including any registration-based features, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
What Does This Privacy Policy Cover
This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of personal information that we gather when you are on the posenlibrary.com Website, and when you use the Posen Digital Library Service. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.
What Personal Information About Users Do We Collect?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide our users with a friendly, customized, and efficient experience. Users include you and all other individuals who access and use the Posen Digital Library Service and agree to the posted Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy. Additionally, the Posen Digital Library Service enables users to create academic profiles, share scholarly thoughts and find other users around the world with the same research interests as them. To enrich our users' experience, we request and display some personal information to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify and contact each other.
We collect the following types of information from our users:
1. Information You Provide to Us:
The Publisher, on behalf of the Posen Foundation, receives and stores any information you enter on the Website or otherwise provide to us. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
Information you provide to us may include, without limitation:
2. Automatic Information:
Unless you take steps to browse the internet anonymously, we track and share between us web browsing patterns to inform our understanding of how the Posen Digital Library Service is being used and appreciated. Generic information is collected through the use of "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to evaluate usage patterns so that we can improve both content and distribution. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, doing so may prevent you from using the full functionality of the Posen Digital Library Service. The generic information we collect is based on your IP address, which is the location of a computer or network, and is not linked to your specific email address in any of the reports or formulations compiled by us. We will not associate your IP address and web usage data with any other information held by us that can specifically identify you unless required to do so by law.
The Posen Digital Library Service uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our sites. The information generated by a cookie about your use of the Website includes your IP address. That information will be transmitted to, and stored by, Google on their servers. Google will use that information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to internet usage. Google may also transfer that information to third parties when required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the Posen Digital Library Service, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Please visit the following pages for more information on Google Analytics terms of use and Google's privacy practices: www.google.com/analytics.
We also collect and use information for internal purposes. For example, if you are a user of the Posen Digital Library registration-based services, we may keep records in your account history of your complaints about other registered users online behavior, and any reported violation of our Terms of Use (hyperlink) that you or someone on your account may have committed.
3. E-mail Communications:
We may receive a confirmation when you open an e-mail from the Posen Digital Library Service if your computer supports that type of program, in order to help us make e-mails more interesting and helpful. We may also send out emails with news or promotions. If you are a user of any registration-based services that we provide and do not want to receive news or promotional e-mails from us, you can opt-out of receiving such messages by contacting us at support@posenlibrary.com.
4. Information From Other Sources:
For purposes such as improving personalization of our service, we may receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.
What about Cookies?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our site are visited and by how many people. Again, Posen Digital Library Service cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your account name or email address is.
The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, and how to fully disable cookies. We strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of some of the Posen Digital Library Service's most attractive features.
How is your Information used?
The type of information you provide governs how it will be used. We may use the personal information you provide for purposes such as responding to your requests for certain products and services, customizing the content you see, communicating with you about sales promotions and new products, and to improve the Posen Digital Library Service.
The information you provide us through our "Contact Us" email address, emails to the Publicity Department, Sales Department, Customer Service or other Posen Foundation or Publisher email addresses will be used to provide you with assistance in your request or to improve the Posen Digital Library Service.
Will the Posen Foundation Share Any of the Information it Receives?
We neither rent nor sell your personal information to any third party. We share your personal information only with the entities that are controlled by the Posen Foundation, as described below. By visiting this Website, you consent to having your personal information provided by or through this Website shared by us with those entities, which include, without limitation, Yale University and the Publisher.
(1)Agents:
We may employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you. Examples may include fulfilling orders, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, providing customer service and providing technical services. We may also provide your personal information to agents who will use it to verify aggregate usage data that we provide to our respective partners.
(2)Business Transfers:
In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets or businesses. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that are transferred. Moreover, if the Posen Digital Library Service, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, customer information would be one of the assets that are transferred to a successor entity.
(3)Protection of the Posen Foundation and Others:
We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Posen Foundation, our employees, users, or others. That may include the exchange of information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
(4)With Your Consent:
Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your personal information may be shared with third parties.
(5)User Generated Content:
"User Generated Content" is information, including content, messages, text files, images, profiles, works of authorship, or other materials, that you and other Users share with the Posen Digital Library community. You should be aware that Personal Information which you voluntarily include in the Posen Digital Library discussion board area, your user Profile and other public User Generated Content, such as tags and annotations, may be viewed and used by other registered Posen Digital Library users. We are unable to control those uses of your Personal Information, and by using those services you assume the risk that the Personal Information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties. We cannot remove your Personal Information from the records of any third party that has been provided with your information in association with your User Generated Content. Take great care when deciding what to post in a discussion board, public tag or public annotation: your username and posts may unwittingly reveal Personal Information to other Posen Digital Library users.
Is Information About Me Secure?
Your Posen Digital Library Service account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You should protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by signing off once you have finished using a shared computer.
Only those working on our behalf or for our benefit such as employees or Agents who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to your account information.
What Information Can I Access?
You can access your personal information in "My Account" or posted user content on the Posen Digital Library site and correct, amend, or delete information that is inaccurate.
What Choices Do I Have?
As stated previously, you can opt not to disclose information, but then you may not be able to make a purchase or take advantage of certain Posen Digital Library Service features.
You are able to add or update certain information on pages, such as those listed in the "What Information Can I Access" section above. When you update information, however, we may retain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
If you are a registered user of Posen Digital Library registration-based services, you may request deletion of your Posen Digital Library account by emailing us at support@posenlibrary.com. Please note that some information may remain in our records after deletion of your account.
If you are a registered user of the Posen Digital Library's registration-based services and do not wish to receive promotional e-mail from us, please email support@posenlibrary.com. However, all registered users receive regular system emails to confirm their continued participation in the Posen Digital Library Service.
As explained earlier, the "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if you do not enable cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our most attractive features.
Can Children Use the Posen Digital Library Service?
The Website and the services available through Posen Digital Library are not intended for children under the age of thirteen (13). We do not knowingly or specifically collect information about children under the age of thirteen (13) and believe that children of any age should get their parents' consent before giving out any personal information. We encourage you to participate in your child's web experience. We recommend that parents use Web filtering technology to supervise their children's access to the Web.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit the posenlibrary.com Website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, including limitations on damages, and application of the laws of the State of New York, United States of America.
Third Party Sites
The Posen Digital Library Service may permit you to link to other websites on the Internet, and other websites may contain links to the posenlibrary.com Website. Those other websites are not under the Posen Foundation's control, and such links do not constitute an endorsement by the Posen Foundation of those other websites or the services offered through them. The privacy and security practices of websites linked to or from the Posen Digital Library Website are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of any such websites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
From time to time, the Posen Foundation may amend this Privacy Policy. Use of information we have collected is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If the Posen Foundation makes changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by sending you an email or posting a notice of the change on the posenlibrary.com Website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at the posenlibrary.com Website, please send an email support@posenlibrary.com.
Effective Date: March 7, 2018
