Privacy Resources

The History of Privacy timeline highlights major milestones in privacy throughout U.S. and International history.

The U-M Privacy Office put together a History of Surveillance timeline documenting milestones in surveillance throughout U.S. History.

How Americans see digital privacy issues amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Pew Research Center has surveyed Americans on their views related to privacy, personal data and digital surveillance related to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). The IAPP is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is a not-for-profit organization that helps define, support and improve the privacy profession globally.

Learning analytics in a nutshell. This short video from the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) provides an introduction to learning analytics.

Library Privacy Checklist and Guidelines for Vendors. The American Library Association (ALA) has developed a Privacy Checklist for Vendors intended to help libraries and vendors of all capacities. It takes practical steps to implement the principles that are laid out in the Library Privacy Guidelines for Vendors.

*Privacy Not Included buyer’s guide. Mozilla's fourth edition of the guide aims to help you shop smart—and safe—for products that connect to the internet. It now comes with *Privacy Not Included warning labels on products consumers should think twice about before buying.

Online Privacy: How Did We Get Here? A 2013 PBS Digital Studios video discussing the history and evolution of online privacy concerns. (8 minutes)

Pew Research Center conducted a survey of over 5000 Americans about their views on privacy, their personal data, and online habits.

Prioritizing Privacy is a three-year continuing education program that will train academic library practitioners to comprehensively address privacy and other related ethical implications of learning analytics projects (e.g., autonomy, agency, and trust). The project is led by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (PI, University of Illinois) and Kyle M. L. Jones (Co-PI, Indiana University-Indianapolis).