Languages
Pages
Legal
Patron Privacy in a Library 2.0 World: Investigating Our Options
Stephanie HessBinghamton University
NYLA 2014 Annual Conference
See: www.baynote.com/2013/01/convenience-of-online-shopping-trumps-consumer-concern-about-data-privacy/
Where you at?
“Occasionally, usually related to Web”
Library 2.0
E-Reader Data Security Issues
See: http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/#.VFp3IPldU1J
Current Awareness
Events: Data Privacy Day
Events: Choose Privacy Week
Means of Protecting Patron Privacy
Adequacy & Compliance Audits
Creating a Privacy Policy
www.ala.org/advocacy/privacyconfidentiality/toolkitsprivacy/Developing-or-Revising-a-Library-Privacy-Policy
Policy Benchmarks
Boston Public Library• www.bpl.prg/general/policies/privacy.htm
San Francisco Public Library• http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000001301
Cornell University Library• www.library.cornell.edu/privacy
University of Wisconsin• www.uwm.edu/libraries/about/privacy.cfm
Library of Congress• www.loc.gov/homepage/legal.html
Negotiating with 3rd Parties
ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy– Ebook Business Models Scorecard for Public Libraries
• www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ebook_Scorecard.pdf
ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Office• www.ala.org/offices/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/privacyresources • www.ala.org/offices/oif/iftoolkitsprivacy/libraryprivacy
NYLA Intellectual Freedom Manual– http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/IF-Manual/2013-09-IF-Manual.pdf
** Always be sure to check your state’s laws! **
New Jersey StatutesSection 18A:73-43.1. "Library," library record" defined.
For the purposes of this act:
a. "Library" means a library maintained by any State or local governmental agency, school, college, or industrial, commercial or other special group, association or agency, whether public or private.b. "Library record" means any document or record, however maintained, the primary purpose of which is to provide for control of the circulation or other public use of library materials.
Section 18A:73-43.2. Confidentiality; exceptions.
Library records which contain the names or other personally identifying details regarding the users of libraries are confidential and shall not be disclosed except in the following circumstances:
a. The records are necessary for the proper operation of the library;b. Disclosure is requested by the user; orc. Disclosure is required pursuant to a subpena issued by a court or court order.
L. 1985, c. 172, s. 1-2, eff. May 31, 1985.
Advocacy Resources: Federal
Advocacy Resources: State
Disrupting Data Flow & Forensic Analysis
Defensive Technologies
• Anonymous Search Engines and E-mail providers– ixQuick HushMail
• Encryption software– AppRiver, Eraser, TrueCrypt, etc.
• Metadata removal tools and scrubbers– ExifTool, iScrub, etc.
• Platform for Privacy Peferences (P3P)– Protocol enables websites to express their privacy practices in a
standard format that is computer readable; policies automatically retrieved and ranked then posted on websites as privacy meters
– http://www.w3.org/P3P/
Act locally…
Think nationally…
Think globally…
Completing the Privacy Puzzle
Top Related