At LibraryHours24 ("we", "us", or "our"), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website libraryhours24.com.
We collect minimal information that you voluntarily provide:
Important: LibraryHours24 is an informational website. We do not require user accounts, registration, or personal information to view library hours.
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information:
We use the information we collect to:
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience:
Required for basic website functionality, security, and user preferences.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This helps us improve content and functionality.
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. These cookies help show relevant ads based on your interests and support our free service.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect website functionality.
We use the following third-party services:
For website analytics and traffic measurement. View Google's Privacy Policy.
LibraryHours24 uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to show ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. View Google's Advertising Policy and Google's Ad Settings.
How Google AdSense works: Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads based on your visit to LibraryHours24 and other sites on the Internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
| Cookie Type | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga, _gid | Google Analytics | Analytics, usage measurement | 2 years / 24 hours |
| __gads, __gpi | Google AdSense | Ad personalisation, frequency capping | 390 days |
| IDE | DoubleClick (Google) | Cross-site ad targeting | 1 year |
| _gcl_au | Google AdSense | Ad conversion measurement | 90 days |
We also use Ezoic, a Google-certified publishing partner, to manage and optimise advertisements on this site. Ezoic uses cookies to deliver personalised advertising and measure ad performance. View Ezoic's Privacy Policy.
Opt-out options:
These third-party services may collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services you may be interested in.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. Our security practices include:
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the event of a data breach that affects your rights and freedoms, we will notify you as required by applicable law.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider:
Our standard retention periods are:
When personal information is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymise it in accordance with our data disposal procedures.
Depending on your location and the applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights with respect to your personal information:
To exercise any of the rights listed above, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. There is generally no charge for exercising your rights, unless requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive.
Where we process your personal information based on your consent (for example, for personalised advertising), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal. You can withdraw consent for advertising personalisation at any time via the opt-out links provided in Section 4.4.
If you are located in the European Economic Area and believe we are not handling your personal information in accordance with applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority in your country of residence. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
LibraryHours24 is a general audience website providing publicly available information about library opening hours. Our service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions, including EU member states under GDPR).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age without verifiable parental consent. Libraries themselves are open to all ages, and we aim to provide useful information for families visiting libraries. However, our website does not require any personal information from any user — adult or minor — to access library hours information.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at [email protected]. We will promptly take steps to delete such information from our records.
Third-party advertising partners (Google AdSense, Ezoic) have their own policies regarding children's privacy. Google's advertising policies prohibit personalised advertising to known minors. Ezoic similarly complies with COPPA and other applicable children's privacy regulations.
If you are a California resident, you have additional privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell or share. This includes the categories of personal information collected, the purposes for which we use it, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it, and the specific pieces of personal information we have about you.
You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions (such as where the information is necessary to complete a transaction, detect security incidents, or comply with a legal obligation).
Under the CPRA, you have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
LibraryHours24 does NOT sell your personal information for monetary consideration. However, we do use advertising services that may share your data with third parties for cross-context behavioural advertising purposes, which may constitute "sharing" under California law. You can opt out of this sharing via the opt-out links in Section 4.4.
LibraryHours24 does not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA (such as Social Security numbers, financial data, health information, or precise geolocation data).
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights. You will receive the same quality of service regardless of whether you choose to exercise your privacy rights.
To submit a California privacy request, email us at [email protected] with the subject line "California Privacy Request".
LibraryHours24 is operated from within the United States. If you are located outside the United States — including in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, or elsewhere — please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located.
The United States may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you reside. When we transfer data internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards, which may include:
Our key third-party service providers — Google (Analytics, AdSense) and Ezoic — participate in recognised data transfer frameworks and comply with applicable international data transfer requirements. For more information on how Google handles international data transfers, visit Google's Privacy Framework page.
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will take effect immediately upon posting the revised policy on this page. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. If we make material changes that significantly affect your privacy rights or the way we process your personal information, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you — for example, by posting a prominent notice on our homepage.
Your continued use of LibraryHours24 after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
LibraryHours24 provides links to official library websites, city government websites, and other third-party resources to help you find accurate and up-to-date library information. These links are provided for your convenience and informational purposes only.
We have no control over the content, privacy practices, or policies of these third-party websites. Each library system and external website operates independently and has its own privacy policy governing how they collect and use visitor data. We strongly encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
The inclusion of a link to a third-party website does not constitute our endorsement of that website, its operators, or its privacy practices. LibraryHours24 is not responsible for any information collected by third-party sites you access through links on our website.
For visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom, we process personal information on the following legal bases under the GDPR and UK GDPR:
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us:
We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days. For complex requests or where we need to verify your identity, we may need up to 90 days, in which case we will acknowledge your request within 30 days and explain the reason for the delay.
Your privacy is important to us. At LibraryHours24, we:
Questions? Contact us at [email protected]