User Privacy (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Matthew Connolly | knygos.lt

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Personal data in the online world as 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 policies
Wired and wireless networks
Public computers
Web browsers
Mobile devices
Apps
Cloud computing

Each chapter begins with a "threat assessment" 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.--Emily J. M. Knox, assistant professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign