How to Protect Patrons' Digital Privacy | American Libraries Magazine | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it


As broadband privacy rules are rolled back, what can libraries do to respond?  By Anne Ford | April 21, 2017


On April 3 President Trump signed a measure repealing Obama-era broadband privacy rules. Those rules, which had not yet gone into effect, would have required internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain customers’ permission before selling their information to third parties—information that includes browsing history, location data, and other highly sensitive content.