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Content Analysis and Enlightenment of Personal Information Protection Regulations of Library Users in American States

  • Xiao Xue ,
  • Cao Yufei ,
  • Wang Yuhong
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  • Department of Information Management, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071

Received date: 2022-02-25

  Revised date: 2022-05-24

  Online published: 2022-08-19

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Through the analysis of the content of the protection of library users' personal information in the laws and regulations of various states in the United States, the paper aims to provide references for improving the personal information protection regulations of library users in China. [Method/Process] Using network survey and coding analysis methods, the content of 54 laws and regulations in 50 American states and the District of Columbia related to personal information protection of library users was analyzed; on the basis of Sino-US comparisons, the desirable points and deficiencies in the US regulations were pointed out. [Result/Conclusion] The study points out that the enlightenment to our country includes expanding the scope of the objects of constraints on library users' personal information protection, clearly defining the core concept of library users' personal information protection, determining the basic principles of user personal information protection with the idea of balancing interests, enhancing the adaptability of library users' personal information protection in the big data environment, and building a coordinated library users' personal information protection system.

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Xiao Xue , Cao Yufei , Wang Yuhong . Content Analysis and Enlightenment of Personal Information Protection Regulations of Library Users in American States[J]. Library and Information Service, 2022 , 66(16) : 137 -148 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2022.16.013

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