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Note that all public libraries, sensitive to the personal privacy issues that borrowing records represent, only retain such records for the minimum time require
by jellicle 16y ago
Note that all public libraries, sensitive to the personal privacy issues that borrowing records represent, only retain such records for the minimum time required. In most libraries once you've returned a book the library retains NO record of the borrowing and thus there is nothing to subpoena.
Compare and contrast with Google's "we'll keep records of all of your searches forever" policy.
- gojomo 16y agoGoogle does say they'll anonymize search log data after 9 months... though I can't find any claim they'll ever delete it, and it's not clear how strong the anonymization is. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/google-changes-data-retention-policy-for-google-search/661 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/google-changes-d...