Policy on Privacy

Respect your rights and privacy during your visit to our website is our priority

About COBIMET, Inc.

COBIMET, Inc., a consortium of metropolitan libraries ("COBIMET") is a non-profit organization that works collaboratively with its members to improve virtual library and information skills in the digital age. The following policy describes how we collect, use, share and protect the information we receive from visitors to our website and members who access the virtual library.

What information do we collect and in what way?

  1. Personally identifiable information
    1. This information may include: Name and surname, email address, information about the affiliated institution.
  2. IP Address
    1. The COBIMET Web site and Virtual Library register IP addresses for system administration and authentication purposes. Your IP address can help us diagnose problems with the service and provide statistics on the sessions.
  3. Cookies
    1. COBIMET uses a common feature of web sites known as Cookie which stores your member identification and to indicate information about the website you are on, as well as to track current and past activity. COBIMET does not store any of your personal information on the Cookies. You can reject the Cookies by disabling them in your browser; however, this may affect the functionality of the website or the virtual library.
  4. Registration
    1. To use the virtual library you may need to register and create a member account. The electronic registration form may require information such as your name, email address, institution information, user name and password.
  5. Use and browsing logs
    1. All information collected may be used to analyse the use, evaluate the effectiveness of services, and provide training material for members and non-COBIMET members.

Why is information collected?

Most of the information we collect is analyzed for the purpose of improving your experience with COBIMET. This information is not shared outside of COBIMET, except in the cases described in this policy. If necessary, we will use your information to contact you.

The purposes of collecting information and contacting us are as follows:

  1. Registration
  2. Responding to requests and orders for COBIMET products, programs and services
  3. Support and customer service
  4. Provide information and answers to questions related to the use and acquisition of services
  5. Provide updates on goods and services
  6. Send Newsletters
  7. Provide information on expiration dates of the service
  8. Collect statistical analysis

COBIMET may identify a new purpose that is not included in the above detailed and will notify you or, if such purpose implies the use of confidential information, you will obtain consent to use and disclose personal information for the purposes of that purpose.

Your information shall not be used for reasons other than those described and COBIMET will not intentionally disclose personally identifiable information to third parties outside the aforementioned purposes, unless:

  1. You have violated the terms of use and other applicable agreement; Or
  2. We are obliged to do so according to the law; Or
  3. We've notified you about it.

Third

COBIMET is sometimes associated with third parties in order to achieve the established purposes. We take reasonable stockings to ensure the protection of your information and prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of any information.

Our website contains links to other sites. These links do not imply the endorsement or endorsement by COBIMET of the products, information or recommendations provided by any site belonging to third parties. Consider that COBIMET is not responsible for the privacy practices of such sites. We recommend our users to be cautious in leaving our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every one of the websites that collect personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to the information collected by our website and the virtual library.

Security

We have taken reasonable steps to protect the personal information contained in our databases. These measures are intended to prevent unauthorized access and to maintain proper use.

Your password is a component of our security system. It is therefore your responsibility to keep it protected. Do not share it with third parties. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you must change it immediately.

Access to Information

COBIMET provides links in its e-mail communications and web pages for the purpose of managing the information submitted. If you have any questions about the information collected about you, wish to update or change your information, or are concerned that your information is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us at Servicios@cobimet.net. We are committed to ensuring that the information contained in our database is accurate and, if necessary, current.

Contact and notice

We will be able to update this privacy policy periodically. We will notify you of substantial changes in how we manage personal information by posting a notice on our website. We recommend that you review and revise this policy periodically in order to know at all times what information we collect, how we use it, and who we disclose it to.

If you have any questions about our policies, you can contact us at Servicios@cobimet.net or write to us at

COBIMET, Inc.
PO Box 2037
Bayamón, PR 00960-2037

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