Re:Open letter to the Yale Community from Dean
by ggchappell on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:00PM
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> sometimes it's best not to collect it, just because you don't know how it'll be [mis-]used
An example where this has happened: Some (many?) U.S. public libraries have stopped storing historic checkout data for patrons, in order to avoid having to turn the data over to a govt. agency. I recall being able to get a list of every book I had ever checked out. Not any more.
An example where this has happened: Some (many?) U.S. public libraries have stopped storing historic checkout data for patrons, in order to avoid having to turn the data over to a govt. agency. I recall being able to get a list of every book I had ever checked out. Not any more.