Open AccessSpecial section: Information policy
Author(s) -
Loveday Brandi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2373-9223
DOI - 10.1002/bult.2014.1720400205
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , section (typography) , government (linguistics) , political science , public relations , key (lock) , privacy policy , access to information , information privacy , information policy , association (psychology) , public administration , internet privacy , information access , library science , business , law , psychology , computer science , computer security , linguistics , philosophy , advertising , psychotherapist
EDITOR'S SUMMARY The ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Information Policy (SIG/IFP) provides a forum for members to express their views and concerns about a key element of the association's purpose, “to promote informed policy on national and international information issues.” Supporting that purpose, contributors explore Fifth Amendment protections, mobile data privacy, governmental use of cookies, self‐destructing data, access to government information in Canada and how privacy has fared since the events of September 11, 2001. There are daily changes in information policy, often little noticed despite their significant consequences. Yet despite careers dedicated to research on information and its implications, those in the information science domain have remarkably little presence in discussions. ASIS&T members are urged to become knowledgeable about information policy, engage in debate and become involved, living up to the association's stated purpose.