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The General Data Protection Regulation: What Does It Mean for Libraries Worldwide?
The European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect May 25, 2018, and is likely to have a significant impact on the way libraries around the globe...
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What Does GDPR Mean for Libraries Worldwide? ARL Releases Issue Brief
The European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect tomorrow, May 25, 2018, and is likely to have a significant impact on the way libraries around the...
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ARL Urges International Federation of Library Associations to Consider Civil Liberties in Conference Site Selection
Research libraries are committed to such foundational values of the library profession as diversity, inclusion, equity, access to information, free expression, privacy, and social justice. Upholding these core values, the...
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DOJ Overreach in Case Demanding Information on Website Visitors Threatens First, Fourth Amendments
On July 12, the Department of Justice has issued a request to web hosting provider, DreamHost, seeking information on visitors to a website that was used to organize protests against...
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Will This Be the Congress to Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
Today, July 27, 2017, Senators Lee (R-UT) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017, a bill to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA is a...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...
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ARL Libraries Issue Statements, Post Signs Affirming Core Beliefs
Many ARL member libraries have released recent statements and have posted signs affirming their commitment to such foundational values of the library profession as diversity, inclusion, equity, access to information,...
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries Interim Director Carol Hunter’s Message to Staff, February 2017
Carol Hunter, interim vice provost for university libraries and university librarian at University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, sent the e-mail message below to all library staff on...
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Temple University Library Sign, February 2017
Temple University placed a sign with the below text at the entrance to its main library on February 8, 2017. This was inspired by a similar sign at Cornell University....
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ARL Applauds Approval of Email Privacy Act, Urges Swift Senate Action
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) applauds the approval of the Email Privacy Act by the US House of Representatives. The House passed the bill with a voice vote, moving...