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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by Steeeve on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:50PM (#13888533)
> The American Library Association guidelines provide disclosure of records in response to a valid court order

You are overstating there by a long shot. The guidelines are more along the lines of "if you have completely failed at making the police go away in any of the previous 72 steps, then you must comply, but hopefully you read our other guidelines that tell you it's a good idea to not create any records and if you must, to dispose of them frequently."

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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by clubm8 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @09:10PM (#13890538)
How long does a typical library retain records after a book is returned?
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by abeyer on Thursday March 16, 2017 @09:58PM (#13890759)
It depends on your library.

Many have a policy of destroying records immediately after books are returned unless you request otherwise (eg to be able to see your borrowing history in your account.)

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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by clubm8 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:05PM (#13927752)
Do most libraries post this policy publicly?
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by abeyer on Sunday April 02, 2017 @07:45PM (#14019712)
Good question, and I'd be curious to know...but I'm not really sure.

My sense of most libraries doing that is more anecdotal than quantitative. Mostly just what I've heard from librarians and my experiences signing up for library cards various places that had some sort of relevant T&C clause or opt-in process.

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