Introduction: Learning to Live with Risk—and Loving It

Introduction

Privacy in American Law and Culture
    Constitutional and Legal Origins of Privacy
    Cultural Considerations and Human Rights

Core Concepts and Values
    What Is Access?
    Balancing Interests
    What Is Privacy?
    The Digital Effect

Practical Approaches
    Establish a Balanced Access Framework
    Address Privacy in Donor Agreements and Archival Descriptions
    Develop Strategies for Specific Records
         Close Everything or Screen All Collections
         Use an Institutional Review Board to Review Records and/or Requests
         Work with Donor Intent and Establish Reasonable Restrictions
         Allow Open Access, Shift Responsibility to Users, and Wait for Complaints
    Facing Our Fears
         Negligence
         Don't Promise Too Much!

Conclusion: Regaining Perspective

Appendices
    Appendix A: Further Readings
    Appendix B: Access and Privacy Case Study
    Appendix C: Addenda to Deeds of Gift—Electronic Records
    Appendix D: Glossary

Sidebars
    Defamation and the Right to Privacy
    Risks and Risk Assessment
    Best Practice Tip—Develop a Team Approach
    The Intersection of Copyright and Privacy