Protecting Patron Privacy: A Data Perspective
Submitted by Jim Craner on Fri, 08/17/2018 - 7:03pmRemember earlier this summer when your email inbox and the headers of your favorite websites were chock full of notices about "Updated Privacy Policies?" You may also remember that this flurry of privacy policy updates was due to a new European Union law going into effect that controlled how companies could collect data about European citizens. Since many Internet services are global by nature, some Americans also benefit from these new data policies, although American companies serving American citizens obviously don't need to abide by the EU regulations.