[bookshare-discuss] Re: Privacy re book history [Was: New member to the group with a question]
- From: "jim rawls" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:12:43 -0700
Since I posed the issue in the first place, I have to chime in again here. I
really think this is a privacy issue, and Book share needs to realize that,
and put a delete history button on the site. Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Wright [mailto:wrightr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 6:45 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Kelly Pierce
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Privacy re book history [Was: New member to the
group with a question]
I agree with Kelly here. As was recommended for keeping track on what one's
read, I keep my own list of downloaded books with annotations (eg, "Read all
I want to read.").
While it's occasionally useful for me to check "Have I already downloaded
this (and obviously not read it or I'd remember)?" for me the privacy issues
outweigh the occasional convenience issues. This also means not only that
the list is not on my LIST at BookShare, but that it's NOWHERE on BookShare.
Depriving me of the convenience and then having it be able to be subpoenaed
anyway misses the point.
Is it possible to have a (real/full/forever) erase my history button added?
Ron
On 4-3-2012 1:14 AM, Kelly Pierce wrote:
Mary,
The benefit of deleting one's Bookshare history would be for privacy
reasons. this is why one's borrowing record is deleted at public
and
academic libraries. The government may want to know the books
someone
has read. An opposing party in a lawsuit usually wants to subpoena
Internet providers to learn websites visited and search terms used.
With bookshare, there is a treasure trove of data because a member's
download history is never deleted from Bookshare's records.
I fail to understand why Bookshare treats the privacy of peple with
disabilities much differently from the standards of mainstream
public
libraries.
Kelly
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