Journal Article: Privacy Impact Assessments for Digital Repositories
The following article (conference pre-print) was recently published by the International Journal Of Digital Curation.
Title
Privacy Impact Assessments for Digital Repositories
Authors
Abraham Mhaidli
University of Michigan
Libby Hemphill
University of Michigan
Florian Schaub
University of Michigan
Cundiff Jordan
University of Michigan
Andrea K. Thomer
University of Michigan
Source
International Journal Of Digital Curation
Vol 15 No 1 (2020)
DOI: 10.2218/ijdc.v15i1.692
Note: This paper was presented at the International Digital Curation Conference IDCC20, Dublin, 17-19 February 2020
Abstract
Trustworthy data repositories ensure the security of their collections. We argue they should also ensure the security of researcher and human subject data. Here we demonstrate the use of a privacy impact assessment (PIA) to evaluate potential privacy risks to researchers using the ICPSR’s Open Badges Research Credential System as a case study. We present our workflow and discuss potential privacy risks and mitigations for those risks.
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5 pages; PDF.
Filed under: Data Files, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, Reports
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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