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An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That’s not supposed to happen. – The Register

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In April, attorney Christine Dudley was listening to a book on her iPhone while playing a game on her Android… read more

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Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” – The Markup

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Companies that got their start as academic publishers have spent the last several decades transforming themselves into hugely profitable data… read more

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Are library vendors doing enough to protect users? A content analysis of major ILS privacy policies (McKinnon & Turp)

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While privacy is a core value of librarianship, privacy standards differ by library and library vendor. These types of guidelines… read more

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Privacy Field Guides – ALA / IMLS

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The Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with the American Library Association, has sponsored the creation of these… read more

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Resisting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries (Bignoli et al., 2021)

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In this paper, we consider what we identify as crisis surveillance capitalism in higher education, drawing on the work of… read more

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Protecting Patron Privacy: Vendors, Libraries, and Patrons Each Have a Role to Play (Ayre)

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Protecting patron privacy involves several activities including responsibly managing the data we store about patrons and their use of the… read more

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