Protecting Your Privacy

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Here are some tips you can use to protect your privacy and personal information while using the Library and our website:

• Change the PIN associated with your library card number. When you originally get your card, your PIN is the same as the last four digits of your 14-digit library card number. Change your PIN another 4-digit number that you can remember. Do not write the PIN on your card.
• Never share your library card, library card number or PIN with anyone. You are responsible for anything checked out to your card.
• Alert library staff immediately if you lose your library card, by calling the Circulation Department at 352-334-3950. If you call, an alert can be placed on your account so no one else can use it. The next time you visit your library branch, a new card number can be issued, and any holds and checkouts can be transferred to the new card number.
• When using catalog and research computers in the library, be sure to close your web browser window if you access your account. That will log you out and end your catalog session and prevent anyone else from using your account.
• At any computer that you share with others, avoid saving your library card PIN, and log out or close the browser when you finish a library session.
• If you use a library Internet PC, never leave yourself logged in when you leave. Be sure to end your PC Reservation session, which will restart the computer and wipe your personal information.  If you need to leave a library PC temporarily during an Internet session, “lock” the PC until your return. Ask staff for assistance if needed.
• Feel free to talk to library staff if you ever have any questions or concerns about privacy.
• ACLD staff will never contact you via email or telephone to ask for personal information, unless it is a direct response to a question that you asked.

Other tips and information about privacy can be found at ConsumerPrivacyGuide.org.

Please see our Kids Internet Safety page for more information