[bksvol-discuss] Re: International issues and building the global library
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:14:07 -0600
Cindy,
It's in the member agreement and privacy policy.
Gerald
From the member agreement
2.2.7. WE reserve the right to make such use of any personal information
provided to US by YOU in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is set
forth
on the Web Site. That Policy requires that WE comply with then existing
United States privacy laws.
From the privacy policy
Download Transaction Information
Bookshare.org will also maintain transaction logs of the materials
downloaded by its users. We will use this information for the following
purposes:
To flag usage that is potentially in violation of our terms of use or the
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the user
using user-identifiable information embedded in downloaded Content.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:39 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: International issues and building the
global library
-It was interesting to me to read that introductory
notice, Gerald. What caught my attention in
particular was the line about bookshare's having a
record of every book a person downloaded. I asked my
public library about that once, to see if there was a
way to find out who had a book before that was
damaged. They said that they can't keep records of
what a person reads--that it's illegal. Once the book
is returned to the library, it's expunged from the
borrowers records. I don't know what law it is, or
when it was passed, but it occurs to me that, in the
case of public libraries, with the wrong sort of
government (imagine Joseph McCarthy as president) a
person could get in trouble for the books he's known
to read.
If bookshare can keep a record, I suppose there's some
exemption in some law that allows it--or that in the
membership agreement the member gives explicit
consent.
Cindy
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