Social Media Policy
Public Terms of Use
By choosing to comment on Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library’ Social Media channels, public users agree to the terms set forth here.
Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library welcomes the comments, posts, and messages of the community and recognizes and respects differences in opinion. Comments, posts, and messages will be reviewed regularly and Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library and its designated moderators reserve the right to, but are not required to, remove any comment, post, or message that they deem inappropriate.
Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library is not responsible for or liable for any content posted by any participant in a Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library social media forum who is not a Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library executive officer.
The following will be removed from any Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library social media forum:
- Obscene or sexual postings (postings must be appropriate for audiences of all ages).
- Sexist, homophobic, racist, or otherwise bigoted content. Hate speech is prohibited and includes any speech – or endorsement or promotion of speech – that is derogatory toward a group of people based on a protected classification. This can include race, color, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexuality, caste, gender, disability, creed, etc. For example, speech that dehumanizes, ridicules, condones, or promotes violence against a protected class of people is hate speech.
- Disparaging, harassing, abusive, or offensive comments or postings against Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library members or other social media users. Harassing comments or postings include profane or obscene statements or images, threatening physical harm toward another person, and engaging in behavior with the sole intent of harassing another person.
- Potentially libelous or defamatory statements.
- Plagiarizing or posting material that violates trademark, copyright, or publicity rights without permission or authority from the rights holder.
- Private, personal, proprietary, or confidential information about any person, business, or entity without appropriate consent or authority.
- Spam, including comments, postings, and/or hyperlinks not related to the content created by Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library or its designated moderators.
- Advertisements and solicitations not expressly permitted by Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library.
- Postings that violate local state or federal laws.
- Photos, videos or other images that fall in any of the above categories.
The above posts, comments and messages shall not be considered exclusive conditions for removal. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library and its designated officers and moderators shall have the right to remove any content posted on the social media forum.
Additionally, the posting of any material on the Friends of Fort Lee Public Library social media shall not create a proprietary interest in the sender or participant in material posted.
In addition, users are expected to abide by the terms and conditions set by third party social media platforms as well as follow appropriate Federal and State Law.
Persons who repeatedly violate these terms may be barred from further postings.
Privacy
Users should have no expectation of privacy when posting on Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library’s social media channels; by using such sites, users consent to Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library’s right to access, monitor, and read any postings on those sites. Users must understand that social media is permanent, retrievable, and public. Messages can potentially be read by anyone once posted, regardless of status on Friends, Follower, or Subscriber lists.
Users of all ages have the responsibility to protect their privacy. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library does not act in place of, or in the absence of, a parent. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library recommends that users do not post personally identifying information, such as last name, school, age, phone number, or address on Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library’s social media channels.
Third-Party Content
Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library has no affiliation with any advertisements or other material posted by third-party sites or software. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library is not responsible for the content on the pages of friends, fans, or followers of the library, and it does not endorse or review content of third-party sites.
Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library does not collect, maintain or otherwise use the personal information stored on any third-party social media sites in any way other than to communicate with users on that site.
Confidentiality
The information collected by Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library is limited to what is believed to be necessary or useful to conduct Friends business. Personal information such as name, address, phone number, and email address are gathered for the purpose of identification and accountability for maintaining membership or donor records. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library does not disclose member or donor information to any third parties, except as necessary for purposes of Friends business.
Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library assumes no liability for disclosure of member or donor personal information by any executive officer or event volunteer acting within or outside the scope of his or her duties.
While we encourage members and donors to provide email addresses in order to receive email notifications from Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library, you are not required to provide an email address in order to have a Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library membership or to make a donation. You can add, change, or remove an email address from your membership account by contacting the Friends via email or letter.
If you provide an email address for your membership or donation, in any correspondence with Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library, and/or in any content you provide through Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library website, social media, online donation portals, or otherwise, you agree to receive electronic communications from Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library.
Email messages sent to Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library may be stored or forwarded to others within Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library in order to respond to a request for information.
Please note that email notifications are a courtesy. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library makes every effort to ensure proper email delivery. However, we cannot guarantee final delivery of email notifications.
Third Party Websites
Some pages on the Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library website include links to other websites. Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library has not reviewed all of these websites and is not responsible for the content of these websites. Links are provided for informational purposes and as a convenience. Links do not imply endorsement of, sponsorship of, or affiliation with any linked organization or website.
Photos
If you attend a Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library-sponsored event, please keep in mind that photographs may be taken. By attending a Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library-sponsored event, you acknowledge that you may appear in photographs posted on the Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library website, social media, or used in promotional materials. If you find that you appear in a photograph posted on the Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library website and you wish to have the photograph removed, please contact us at flplfriends@gmail.com and we will work with you to resolve the issue.
Last Updated: May 30, 2024