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Accessibility, Privacy, Security

Privacy & Security
Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains how we use the information that's collected from visitors to our site. If you access another organization's website through the houstonlibrary.org website, you should read that organization's privacy policy to find out about their website practices. 

  • We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. We do not use them for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. 
  • We use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reports, which make Age, Gender, and Interest data available so we can better understand who our users are and better design our website.
  • We provide a secure connection on the library card application registration form. 
  • We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online.
  • Where necessary, we provide you an opportunity to opt-out. 

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. 

Accessibility
Houston Public Library takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of HPL Public Website:

  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.
Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. HPL Public Website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of HPL Public Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers while using our site:

Technical specifications

Accessibility of HPL Public Website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment approach

Houston Public Library assessed the accessibility of HPL Public Website by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation
Date

This statement was created on 20 April 2022 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.