Commentary: Congress Looks Again at FISA
Beth Wellington’s commentary reviews legislative activity, advocacy group positions and news articles related to proposed changes to portions of the Protect America Act.
Category «Privacy»
The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them
LaJean Humphries identifies the wide range of social networking sites with which researchers should be knowlegeable, and addresses legal, privacy and ethical concerns associated with their use. She also provides a bibliography of books, articles and reports that focus on the impact of social networking applications.
Features – Are Libraries Places to Learn or Engage in Illegality?
Subjects: Courts & Technology, Features, Free Speech, Libraries & Librarians, PrivacyFeatures – Could you be sued for turning over an Internet user's sign-up information to law enforcement? A cautionary tale for libraries and other Internet service providers.
Could you be sued for turning over an Internet user’s sign-up information to law enforcement? A cautionary tale for libraries and other Internet service providers
By Mary Minow
Features – Public Libraries and the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Legal Sources
Subjects: Features, Internet Filtering, Libraries & Librarians, Library Software & Technology, PrivacyIdentity Theft: An Annotated Bibliography of Federal, State, Consumer and News Resources
Identity Theft: A Bibliography of Federal, State, Consumer and News Resources
By Sabrina I. Pacifici
Features – The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals
Subjects: Features, Privacy, TerrorismNotes from the Technology Trenches – Internet Access and Privacy Issues in Law Libraries
Subjects: Internet Filtering, Notes from the Technology Trenches, PrivacyCongressLine – Online Privacy Legislation
Carol M. Morrissey has been a Legislative Specialist in Washington, D.C. for 15 years. She is a lawyer and legislative expert, and has authored a Congressional update column for LLRX.com since 1996.
CongressLine – Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace
Carol M. Morrissey has been a Legislative Specialist in Washington, D.C. for 14 years. She is a lawyer and legislative expert, and has authored a Congressional update column for LLRX.com since 1996.