Consistent with its user privacy policy the Library expects its information service providers and vendors to follow the same standards in the performance of the products they license, lease, or sell to the Library. Contracts, licenses, agreements, and arrangements that the Library enters shall accordingly and as the standard practice protect the identity of individual users and the information they use. To provide additional personalized service, vendors may require users to identify themselves. Such identification will be only at the user's discretion and will require the user to follow clearly indicated procedures before the service is activated. The service provider may not sell, lease, or loan information identifying users or the information they use to third parties unless authorized in advance by each user. To aid understanding of the use or value of resources and services, service providers may aggregate and retain anonymous user data.

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