Welcome to the Privacy and Confidentiality Section!
The Privacy & Confidentiality Section provides a forum for the discussion of privacy and confidentiality issues and their legal and ethical implications for archival practice. The Section convenes during the annual meeting to announce elected officers and hold a program. Topics have ranged from third-party privacy in literary papers, access to medical records, and the types of restrictions placed on archival records.
The Section's ongoing focus has been the maintenance of a bibliography of privacy and confidentiality-related resources. Other Section projects include Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists and Archival Issues, edited by section members Menzi Behrndt-Klodt and Peter Wosh, and "Choose Privacy Week."
Membership in the Section is open to all SAA members who are interested in privacy and confidentiality issues.
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News & Announcements
The Privacy and Confidentiality (P&C) Section Committee is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual Privacy and Confidentiality Award.
The 2019 Privacy and Confidentiality elections have been concluded and the section leadership is pleased to announce the results.
The 2019 Privacy and Confidentiality Section ballot is now available. Elections will be held for Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, Steering Committee (1 seat), and Steering Committee (1 seat, completing a vacant term). There will also be a proposal to amend the Standing Rules.
The P & C Steering Committee is proposing updates to the Standing Rules to officially create a Past Chair position and add a fourth Steering Committee member. Vote on it during our upcoming election!
Joint Meeting of the Privacy & Confidentiality and Human Rights Archives Sections during the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Washington, D.C.
Joint Meeting of the Privacy & Confidentiality and Acquisitions & Appraisal Sections during the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Portland, OR.
Meeting of the Privacy & Confidentiality Section during the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Atlanta, GA.
Meeting of the Privacy & Confidentiality Roundtable during the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Cleveland, OH.
