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Category: Cybersecurity

Data Exchange and the Art of Iterating Security Checkups

April 22, 2020 May 3, 2017 By OIF staff

By Galen Charlton One trope of data security discussions envisions a perfectly secure database as one that exists on a computer that is turned off, encased in concrete underground, and under the supervision of a very cranky cat who refuses

Data Exchange and the Art of Iterating Security Checkups

Privacy News and Views, April 22-28

November 10, 2020 April 29, 2017 By Eric Stroshane

Choose Privacy Week, May 1 – 7, 2017 Let’s Get Practical for Choose Privacy Week Join the librarians who are getting practical for #ChoosePrivacy Week to improve #privacy protections for their users. Libraries and Privacy Literacy How to protect patrons’

Privacy News and Views, April 22-28

Choose Privacy Week 2017 Webinar: Learn Practical Privacy Practices on April 13

November 10, 2020 April 6, 2017 By OIF staff

Defending patron privacy in the library means more than advocating against the PATRIOT Act; it also requires a commitment to utilizing practical privacy tools and tactics that secure patron data and help counter unwanted online data collection.  Learn more about

Choose Privacy Week 2017 Webinar: Learn Practical Privacy Practices on April 13

How Libraries Can Respond to the Repeal of the FCC Privacy Rules

November 10, 2020 March 31, 2017 By OIF staff

by Deborah Caldwell-Stone and Michael Robinson This week Congress, voting along party lines, passed a resolution that repealed the groundbreaking privacy rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last October under the Obama administration.  The new rules would have required

How Libraries Can Respond to the Repeal of the FCC Privacy Rules

Choose Privacy Week 2016 – How Can I Keep Student Records Safe When I Have a Shared ILS?

November 10, 2020 May 3, 2016 By OIF staff

By Magee Kloepfler Recently a teacher came to me looking for a particular book.  I informed her it was checked out, but that I would get it to her as soon as it was returned.  She asked me for the

Choose Privacy Week 2016 – How Can I Keep Student Records Safe When I Have a Shared ILS?

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