LFI Course Materials 4/Week two

Week 2: Privacy in the Library Pt. 2

• Real time lecture: Friday June 21 2-4PM Eastern / 11-1PM Pacific on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

Overview

This week we'll discuss library privacy policies, the data lifecycle, and how privacy law plays a role in libraries. We will also discuss vendors and data brokers.

Learning objectives

• Learn about the data lifecycle in libraries
• Learn to take a critical look at library privacy policies
• Learn how to develop/revise library policies through a privacy lens
• Learn about vendors and data brokers

Readings

• Means of Control Map from Tech Inquiry (https://techinquiry.org/?bookURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epenguinrandomhouse%2Ecom%2Fbooks%2F706321%2Fmeans-of-control-by-byron-tau%2F)
• A Brief History of the Internet by Internet Society (https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet/)
• Another Network is Possible by April Glaser (https://logicmag.io/bodies/another-network-is-possible/)
• The New Terminology for Privacy by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1anZa_vgxa6Rdq-2XZInCXKklYHrTRnfx?usp=sharing)
• Data Lifecycles from ALA (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1anZa_vgxa6Rdq-2XZInCXKklYHrTRnfx?usp=sharing)
• NISO Privacy Principles (https://groups.niso.org/higherlogic/ws/public/download/16064/NISO%20Privacy%20Principles.pdf)
• LFP Vendor Privacy Scorecard (https://libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LFP-Vendor_Privacy_Audit_022121.pdf)
• LFP Library Policy Template (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9n2SAYLua0ELQzAcJtbfpxWg2MRkucL7sM92aniNMo/edit#heading=h.9v96ldaenxun)
• ALA Library Privacy Guidelines (https://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/guidelines)
• ALA Guidelines on Developing/Revising Privacy Policy (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/toolkit/policy)
• Library Privacy and Vendor Management: A Privacy Oriented Overview of the Vendor Relationship Lifecycle (https://www.plpinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Library-Privacy-and-Vendor-Management-I-Handout.pdf)
• ALA Library Privacy Checklists (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/checklists)
• Protecting Patron Privacy: Librarians, Vendors, and Patrons Each Have a Role to Play (https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1330&context=collaborativelibrarianship)
• EFF’s How to Assess Vendors’ Data Security (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/how-assess-vendors-data-security)

Guest lecturer

Guest Lecturer TBD

Discussion

Policy Questions:

• How does your library's policy (or the policy you chose) measure up to the best practices? (note: you don't have to identify the library in the discussion)
• What challenges might you face trying to update your library's policy to meet best practices? Implementation? Enforcement? Making the policy a priority at all?

Vendor Questions:

• Where do you see opportunities for resisting or challenging the vendor practices we discussed today?
• What are small, harm reduction steps?
• What are starting points for bigger action?
• What are the challenges to standing up to these vendor practices?

Tasks

• Lecture, readings, and answer discussion questions in Discord