[DAS: ARL: Tallahassee] Privacy and Confidentiality Issues in Digital Archives #1676

Workshop is part of a weeklong slate of SAA DAS workshops to be held at Florida State University and hosted by SFA.

Course Description:

This course covers privacy and confidentiality legal issues specific to archives of digital material. You'll examine the intersection of (and the tension between) privacy/confidentiality, free speech and freedom to research/write, and focus on how electronic records and the digital realm have altered the scene. You'll look at privacy and confidentiality issues in the context of third party rights, donors, special situations such as medical and education records, national security legislation, and the overriding impact of the digital world. Through case studies, you will examine specific situations pertinent to the work of archivists. While participants should be familiar with basic concepts of privacy and confidentiality, a brief review of the development of these concepts will be provided to ground the discussion. The focus of the day will be on how to think through and identify options for resolving the most commonly-encountered privacy and confidentiality legal issues around electronic records.

For more information or to register, visit: 

http://saa.archivists.org/events/privacy-and-confidentiality-issues-in-digital-archives-1676/675/