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Effective November 15, 2025

The Living Museum of the Book (LMB) makes every effort to safeguard the privacy and protect personal information collected by LMB of its members, visitors, donors, customers, attendees of its events and programming, and users of its website or any other LMB platforms (web-based, digital or otherwise) (collectively, “You” or “Your”). LMB may collect personal information from You for various purposes related to LMB’s operations and educational programming. We believe that safeguarding Your privacy is very important and that You should be informed about the types of information we collect and how we will use it. This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) presents the type of personal information LMB may collect from You (online and offline) and how LMB intends to use this information. Your use of LMB’s websites is also subject to LMB’s Terms of Use, while the Social Media Community Guidelines outlines the museum’s guidelines for users of its social media channels (together with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, the “Policies”).

LMB’s websites are available for informational and transactional purposes only. LMB may update the Policies on its websites from time to time, and LMB will make every effort to ensure that the Policies are up to date, accurate and complete. Your continued use of LMB’s websites and any other LMB platforms constitutes Your agreement to the Policies and any updates. If You notice any errors in the Privacy Policy or have any questions or concerns about the Policies, You may contact LMB at livingmuseumofthebook@gmail.com.

Privacy Policy - Terms of Use Agreement

Social Media Community Guidelines

LMB is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its donors and guests (online and offline). LMB does not collect personal information about individuals—such as names and postal and/or email addresses—except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals.

Information LMB Collects

Information that we may collect from You includes Your name (first and last name), email address, postal address, phone number, and payment information. Personal information may be provided to LMB by You in various ways, including emails to LMB, donations to LMB, requests to join LMB’s mailing lists, and other transactions that may occur between You and LMB. LMB ensures that the collection, management and storage of any personal information provided by You to the museum will be completed in accordance with all applicable legal requirements.

How LMB Uses Information LMB Collects From You

LMB uses information collected from You to personalize its websites to better suit the needs of its online guests; to provide its services to its donors and other guests to comply with applicable legal requirements.

LMB may share Your personal information with third parties for the same purposes, and the third parties will only be permitted to use Your personal information as instructed by LMB. LMB will never share with third parties who are not service providers to the museum any financial information You provide when making a donation. However, the museum may aggregate personal information so that such information is no longer identifiable with an individual. LMB will use such aggregated information for any purposes in connection with its nonprofit mission, and such aggregated information will not be considered personal information. If You would prefer to not have Your information shared in this way, please send an email message containing Your name and email address to livingmuseumofthebook@gmail.com.

Cookies

LMB uses technology known as “cookies” to authenticate users, track usage patterns, traffic trends and user behavior, as well as to record other information from the websites and/or platforms. For certain services provided on LMB’s websites and other LMB platforms, cookies allow the museum to save information locally so that users do not have to re-enter the information the next time they visit the websites and/or platforms. Additionally, certain “cookies” are strictly necessary for the websites’ and/or platforms’ functioning. The information the museum collects will only be used in the aggregate to make content adjustments and other customer service improvements. LMB contracts with third-party vendors for services that require the sharing of non-personally identifiable information collected with cookies.

Transactions

LMB follows industry standard for information security. All credit card information submitted to LMB will be encrypted using "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL) software, so it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet. LMB engages third parties to process all transactions conducted on the LMB website. Such third parties have represented to the museum that LMB, its donors are protected by security features, including encryption, designed to prevent the unauthorized release of your personal financial data. Such third parties have further represented to the museum that all credit card information complies with current PCI standards and will be tokenized and held on third-party sites.Although LMB endeavors to create secure and reliable websites, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from the websites over the Internet cannot be guaranteed. You assume the sole and complete risk of using the websites, and You must make your own independent determination of the foregoing. LMB is only responsible for information after receipt and while in the museum’s custody.

Information collected by LMB will be processed and stored where the museum’s service providers are located. Your information will be subject to the policies and procedures of these service providers.

Please feel free to contact us by email at any of the email addresses posted on this website with any type of question. We will make sure your question or comment reaches the appropriate person. If you have questions about your membership, please email livingmuseumofthebook@gmail.com.