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NOTICE TO PATRON OF SAINT PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY

You have asked to register as a user of the Saint Paul Public Library in order to borrow materials or to access databases not available to unregistered users. To complete this registration, the Library is asking you to provide private information about yourself. In accordance with Minnesota Statute 13.04 Subd. 2, you are hereby notified that:

This information is requested in order that:

• you may receive notification of materials being held for you and of materials you have borrowed which have not been returned in a timely manner, and
• you may access electronic databases which require patron authentication.

The personal information you provide will be made available only to City employees or officers as necessary for Library purposes. It will not be made available to non-City employees

• unless required to collect unpaid debts to the Library, or
• in response to a subpoena or other court order.

You may refuse to provide the following information:

The information will help the Library to properly identify you and to provide early notification of held or overdue materials, but providing this information is not required in order to obtain full borrowing privileges:

• telephone number
• email address
• Social Security number.

If you refuse to provide the following information, the Library will NOT issue to you a library card and the benefits it provides:

• name
• address
• birthday (month, day, year).

NOTICE TO PATRON OF RAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY

Information you provide in applying for a library card is protected under Chapter 13 of the Minnesota Data Practices Act. This information is available only to authorized Ramsey County personnel and to other libraries from which you may borrow materials. If you refuse to provide this information, we will be unable to give you a library card. Also, in compliance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act minors may request that information on their records be withheld from their parents or guardians. However, we can only grant this request if it is in the child's best interest to do so.