PART I

PROTECTING

PRIVACY IN

THE LIBRARY Elizabeth Mens

Technology Initiatives Consultant

Southern Ontario Library Service

introductions IN THE CHAT WINDOW:

● your name and library

● whether your library has a

privacy policy

● whether you are here to address

a specific question, or to get the

lay of the land.

What we’ll cover:

● current Canadian climate

re: patron information and

privacy

● library’s responsibilities

● where to learn more

BETH MENS, MI

@ElizaMens

Councillor, OLITA

Hobbies: cycling, libraries, trying to

not blow up my MacBook as I force it

to undergo various experiments,

baking, chocolate.

Latest projects: italian meringue

frosting, baguette, creating a first

Tails drive, a blog for SOLS.

why SHOULD LIBRARY STAFF

BOTHER?

● library staff: stewards of

information

● libraries: information providers

MFIPPA WHEN CAN WE DISCLOSE?

• If a patron identifies specific personal

information can be

• In the course of conducting business (as

opposed to responding to an access request

• For the purpose for which it was obtained

MFIPPA WHEN CAN WE DISCLOSE?

• if the disclosure is made to an employee of

the library, who needs the records in order ot

perform their job

• if the disclosure is to an institution or a law

enforcement agency in Canada*

MFIPPA WHEN CAN WE DISCLOSE?

* If there is no search warrant, the library may

exercise its own discretion.

• personal information should be

retained for one year after use

• allow patrons to access their

own personal information

• under 16’s legal guardian can

exercise access rights

OTHER OBLIGATIONS

MFIPPA

• collection notices if log files

assoc w indiv users are kept

(computer activity)

• take reasonable measures to

prevent unauthorized access to

records

OTHER OBLIGATIONS

MFIPPA

PGP

… the internet has not evolved into an idyllic zone in which

people are free from the limitations of the embodied world.

Teens are struggling to make sense of who they are and how

they fit into society in an environment in which contexts are

networked and collapsed, audiences are invisible, and

anything they say or do can easily be taken out of context.

They are grappling with battles that adults face, but they are

doing so while under constant surveillance and without a firm

grasp of who they are. In short, they’re navigating one heck of

a cultural labyrinth.

- It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by

danah boyd

For the record...

Waffles articulated a sentiment that I usually

saw expressed through an eye roll: teenagers,

acutely aware of how many adults dismiss their

engagement in social media, have little

patience for adults’ simplistic assumptions

about teen privacy. - It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by danah boyd

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

a condensed history of the internet

inspired by:

Maciej Ceglowski

metaphorically speaking...

SO WHO KNOWS WHAT?

WHO CAN WE TRUST?

Next time...

● what can you do?

● tools, tips & tricks

● answers to any questions

you ask this week