Libraries have long been known as beacons of patron privacy, even going so far as to destroy patron records. Why then do privacy concerns seem to go out the window when it comes to the digital world? In their rush to keep up with technology, libraries have not been giving digital privacy issues their due attention. This blessay seeks to provide an overview of digital privacy concerns and ways that libraries can address them.
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Michael G. Gressel (2014) studied this question.