User Privacy (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Matthew Connolly (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2018
1 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-216-23438-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Personal data in the online world has become a commodity. Coveted by criminals, demanded by governments, and used for unsavory purposes by marketers and advertisers, your private information is at risk everywhere. For libraries and librarians, this poses a professional threat as well as a personal one. How can we protect the privacy of library patrons and users who browse our online catalogs, borrow sensitive materials, and use our public computers and networks? User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians answers that question. Through simple explanations and detailed, step-by-step guides, library professionals will learn how to strengthen privacy protections for:Library policiesWired and wireless networksPublic computersWeb browsersMobile devicesAppsCloud computingEach chapter begins with a "e;threat assessment"e; that provides an overview of the biggest security risks - and the steps that can be taken to deal with them. Also covered are techniques for preserving online anonymity, protecting activists and at-risk groups, and the current state of data encryption.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• ISBN-13: 979-8-216-23438-8 / 9798216234388