What Every Librarian Should Know about Electronic Privacy

by Jeannette A. Woodward

Library computer users are often novices and may not be aware that even seemingly innocuous information supplied to Web sites can be mined by government agencies, unscrupulous businesses, and criminals. Even the donated computers that libraries accept and pass on to otherwcan reveal confidential information like social security numbers. The recent discovery that online service providers have been supplying vast quantities of data to government agencies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591584892
• ISBN13: 9781591584896
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"