Open AccessPrivacy Pilfering at the Library
Author(s) -
Lee Ann Smith
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
north carolina libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2379-4305
pISSN - 0029-2540
DOI - 10.3776/ncl.v63i1.64
Subject(s) - confidentiality , obligation , internet privacy , reading (process) , the internet , business , political science , law , world wide web , computer science
The library has the right, as well as the ethical obligation, not to divulge information about a patron or reading habits, or the Internet sites visited while using the library computer, to anyone else. Even so, warrants or subpoenas can mean that the library will be legally obliged to disclose such information. Yet, revealing patron information, even ifit is required by law, can cause patron confidentiality in the library to falter.