The Risks of Public Data

A desire for convenience and openness has left local and state public records easily available for mining, combining, and abuse.

By Craig Kelley | March 18, 2020 | Government, Law, Privacy | Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, Convenience, Data, Data Collection, Data-Mining, Databases, Efficiency, Government, Internet, Massachusetts, Paper Records, Privacy, Public Data, Registry of Deeds, Speed, Transparency, Transportation, Voter Registry

Worried About Internet Privacy? Visit Your Local Librarian

Librarians have historically taken strong stances on protecting the privacy of patrons. Now, some of them are becoming valuable assets in the fight against online surveillance.

By Lucy Uprichard | May 24, 2017 | Education, Knowledge, Privacy, Society | Abuse of Power, ALA, Alison Macrina, Counter-terrorism, CUNY Graduate Center, Data Collection, Information, ISPs, Law Enforcement, Librarians, Libraries, Library Freedom Project, NSA, Privacy, Security, Social Media, surveillance, Tracking, World War II

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