DALETH – Privacy Policy

Daleth – Library gateway for visually impaired is an application which enables searching the catalogues of participating libraries, or sharing metadata using Z39.50 protocol. The primary aim of the application is to provide accessibility of the academic and non-academic libraries designated for visually impaired users, which offer publications relevant for visually impaired (accessible e-documents, tactile prints, audio or hybrid publications), via one interface eliminating the necessity to use various interfaces and different instruments for the same type of activity.

The system is available as both web and mobile applications for Android and iOS operating systems.

This document is used to inform users of the Daleth applications regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information.

The Personal Information Collected and Used by the Applications

The Web Application

• Personal data of users are not collected, nor shared by the web application.
• The web application uses cookies:
  • to anonymously identify the session of a user in his/her browser to ensure basic functionalities (such as saving the chosen language etc.);
  • to anonymously analyse how a user interacts with the website, in order to provide anonymous information on metrics, such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. The user can opt-in for these cookies.

The Mobile Apps

The mobile apps collect personal information of a user as follows:

• Search history:
  The mobile apps store the history of all search queries put by the user. This information is stored only on the device the app is installed on, and it is not transmitted out of the device, nor shared with anybody. The user can delete the history of search queries.
• User’s credentials:
  A user can optionally store his/her credential data to quickly access documents from any of the participating libraries which the user is registered for. This information is stored only on the device the app is installed on and it is saved encrypted. These credentials are transmitted to the relevant library on explicit demand of the user to download a document from the library’s authenticated online storage. The user can delete the credentials from the device.

The mobile apps do not use any type of cookies.

Third Party Services

Neither the web application nor the mobile apps use any third party services that may collect information used to identify a user.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.