An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That’s not supposed to happen. – The Register
In April, attorney Christine Dudley was listening to a book on her iPhone while playing a game on her Android… read more
Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” – The Markup
Companies that got their start as academic publishers have spent the last several decades transforming themselves into hugely profitable data… read more
E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance – Fast Company
In November, a report from Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) exposed the atrocious privacy practices of the world’s… read more
Resisting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries (Bignoli et al., 2021)
In this paper, we consider what we identify as crisis surveillance capitalism in higher education, drawing on the work of… read more
Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics – Code
A recent proposal recommending the deployment of surveillance software in order to monitor those accessing academic material has drawn fire… read more
The conflict of access and privacy in the Right to be Forgotten – Voices of Privacy
I have been interested in researching aspects of privacy in digital libraries over the past few years. Again and again,… read more
Balancing privacy and usability – Voices of Privacy blog
Hat-tip Matt Black! It is possible to strike a balance and provide resources that respect privacy and offer some of… read more
Addressing the Alarming Systems of Surveillance Built By Library Vendors
Two major library vendors—RELX and Thomson Reuters—have been building sophisticated, global systems of surveillance that include online tracking technologies, massive… read more
Applying concepts of algorithmic justice to reference, instruction, and collections work (Leung, Baildon, & Albaugh)
As part of the MIT Libraries Library Instruction and Reference Services (LIRS) department’s “Summer of Data” initiative, we participated in… read more
Librarianship at the crossroads of ICE surveillance (Lamdan)
Information capitalism, the system where information, a historically, largely free and ubiquitous product of basic communication, is commodified by private… read more