Friends of the Medford Public Library
Privacy Policy
4. Disclosures of Personal Data
5. Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms
7. How Long We Retain Personal Data
12. Legal Grounds for Collecting and Processing Personal Data
13. Massachusetts Governing Law and Regulations
14. Effective Date and Updates
This privacy policy explains how we process and store personal data on our website from members and library patrons who register for our events.
Our website, member database, and online payment systems are hosted by Wild Apricot, a third party provider. Wild Apricot’s privacy policy is available online: https://www.wildapricot.com/legal-center/privacy-policy
First and last names
Mailing address
Email address
Phone number
Your membership level
Your communication preferences
Your interest in volunteering with us
The built-in payment system does not store payment information, including credit card numbers. We have no access to this information.
Wild Apricot collects and stores usernames and passwords, and we do not have access to them.
For anyone attending events requiring registration, we collect and store:First and last names
Email address
Phone number (on occasion)
If a payment is required, the payment system does not store the credit card information.
Generally, we use personal data in order to provide services to members, for communications, and for planning and managing events. We use our member database for general operations, management, and accounting.
We do not disclose or sell personal data to any other party.
Our website has built-in cookies through Wild Apricot that may make it easier for you to navigate our site, enable faster login, or support the security and performance of the site. We do not use cookies for our own purposes. We do not use tracking mechanisms or track your activity across websites or devices. We do not use any website analytics services.
You may disable cookies through your browser.
We follow all best practices and requirements to protect your personal data; however, we cannot guarantee the security of any information collected through or stored on our website. You use our site and provide us with your personal data at your own risk.
We retain personal data for as long as you maintain an account with us. See #8 for how to request that your account be removed.
Members may opt out of email communications from us at any time by clicking the unsubscribe option in each message or by emailing your request to membership@friendsofmedfordlibrary.org.
Members may request that their accounts and all personal information be removed from our records by emailing membership@friendsofmedfordlibrary.org or sending it in writing to Friends of the Medford Public Library, 111 High St, Medford, MA 02155.
We provide a general audience website. The site is not designed for minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. Our registration events are typically adult-only and are identified as such. We do not knowingly collect registration information from minors.
Our website contains links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites or features is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third parties, including their collection of your personal data. You should review the privacy policies and terms for any third parties before proceeding to those websites or using those features.
The legal ground for processing your personal data is your consent to provide us with your information when you sign up for membership, create an account, or register for an event. You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link that we provide or by emailing membership@friendsofmedfordlibrary.org.
MGL c.214, ยง 1B Right of privacy
201 CMR 17 Standards for the protection of personal information of residents of the commonwealth
This policy is effective as of February 26, 2024. We may update it from time to time and post the update on our site.