Privacy issues in Library Digitization: UNC Law Library’s Court Briefs Project Anne Klinefelter Director of the Law Library, Associate Professor of Law The University of North Carolina TRLN Annual Meeting July 23, 2014
“ The courts are a stage… where people may be shamed, vindicated, compensated, punished, judged, or exposed. These human dramas are chronicled through court records….” Helen Nissenbaum, et al., (2012)
“…rules and procedures developed for locally accessed or hardcopy records cannot directly be transferred over to electronic records. …changes brought by new media disrupt a delicate balance by tipping the scale in favor of openness and unacceptably against privacy.” Helen Nissenbaum, et al., (2012)
Redactio n Practical Obscurity Redaction
Privacy Law 1. Torts 2. Constitutional right to info privacy & competing rights of speech & press 3. ID-theft/breach notice 4. Public records laws 5. Court rules for e-filing
Privacy Policy 1.Non-binding laws 2.FIPPs 3.Librarian Ethics 3. Journalists’ Ethics 4. Balancing with Censorship
Privacy Practicalities 1.Scanning 2.Redaction 3.Posting, Hosting, Indexing 4. Inviting Suggestions 5. What to do with the print
Best Practices?