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"ARL Suggests Privacy Oversight for Google Books"
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|In a post on the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Policy Notes blog, ARL’s Brandon Butler points out that on Tuesday the association filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that suggest the it, “require strong protection for reader privacy in the Google Books service.” Butler also points out that anyone file comments with […]
Here’s a quick update about an interesting and important piece of legislation for readers, Reader Privacy Act, that we first posted about two weeks ago. Since then the bill (SB No. 602) was amended for the third time (April 25, 2011) and a hearing by the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled for May 2, 2011. […]
Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts (PDF) The following table provides access to names and contact information for CRS experts on: public health and medical system preparedness and response; legal issues in preparedness and response; medical countermeasures; homeland security research and development; and health effects of threat agents. Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)
Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online (PDF) There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal information. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal information and has been addressed by Congress on a sector-by-sector basis. Federal laws and regulations extend protection to consumer credit reports, electronic communications, […]
Who Are We Online, and How Do Others Know That? The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace The Administration has released The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, a plan that identifies actions that government and the private sector can take to help anyone who uses email and websites in getting things done […]
Digital Agenda: children using social networks at a younger age; many unaware of basic privacy risks, says survey 77% of 13-16 year olds and 38% of 9-12 year olds in the EU have a profile on a social networking site, according to a pan-European survey carried out for the European Commission. Yet, a quarter of […]
From an Electronic Frontier Foundation Update by Rebecca Jeschke: California has taken another big step towards updating reader privacy for the digital age. The State Senate Judiciary Committee passed through SB 602, the Reader Privacy Act, after hearing testimony from EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn and others in support of the bill Tuesday. As Cindy […]
Assortment of papers on law enforcement and social media (via National Criminal Justice Reference Service) + IACP Center for Social Media Survey 2010 (PDF; International Association of Chiefs of Police) + Social Networking in Law Enforcement (PDF; International Association of Chiefs of Police) + Social Media: Concepts and Issues Paper (PDF; International Association of Chiefs […]
Databuse: Digital Privacy and the Mosaic Source: Brookings Institution In this paper, I explore the possibility that technology’s advance and the proliferation of personal data in the hands of third parties has left us with a conceptually outmoded debate, whose reliance on the concept of privacy does not usefully guide the public policy questions we […]
From an Electronic Frontier Foundation: California Senator Leland Yee has introduced the Reader Privacy Act of 2011 (SB 602), with backing from the California Affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The law would bring a much-needed upgrade to match Californians’ reading habits. Under SB 602 the government […]