Week 14 Reading Notes

MyTurn: Protecting Privacy Rights in Libraries
- Patron records should be confidential, like in Vermont. Requiring a warrant means that information that should be confidential IS confidential unless required by law.
- Parental or guardian access to the records of juveniles is tricky. What if that parent is actually going to use the access to patron records to restrict their child's access to materials in the future?
- Freedom of access and freedom of speech is imperative. How do we ensure that all parties can appreciate and respect the rights of libraries to protect their patrons' information?

NO PLACE TO HIDE
- The idea of the "security-industrial complex" is scary. We talked a lot about our "digital dossiers" in a class last fall. That we leave an electronic footprint, an electronic record everywhere we go on the internet is scary, and sometimes makes me want to stop using it.
- Chapter 10 excerpt: Noticing the "little black cubes" of surveillance cameras. All of the different devices that track who, what, and where we are. RFID, just like the strips we put into books. He makes the point that the details about us are not ours to keep or curate...
- WHO'S JOB IS IT TO TRACK AND KEEP THIS iNFORMATION?

Electronic Privacy Information Center
- "Committee Calls for Data Mining Privacy Protections" A plus that all government agencies will be required to have permission before searching for information. This will put a damper on some crime-tv shows, though...how clunky to have to show that process!
- THis information is really interesting, especially because it was all posted after the September 11 attacks. It would be interesting to read more about how the process has changed in the past ten years. I think we have become very used to this kind of privacy invasion...we don't even think about it.