You Are Not What You Read: Librarians Purge User Data to Protect Privacy

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Sam Thielman. "You Are Not What You Read: Librarians Purge User Data to Protect Privacy." theguardian.com, January 2016. Archived at archive.org

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You are not what you read: librarians purge user data to protect privacy | US news | The Guardian

US libraries are doing something even the most security-conscious private firm would never dream of: deleting sensitive information in order to protect users<br>

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