On point two, however, if you're a large school, and you are using web 
analytics to gather information about usage patterns, then you ARE 
"monitoring the behaviour of persons in the EU." According to Google 
Analytics, we had 120 visitors to my library's website in the past week.

Realistically, we're not going to get in much trouble about this soon, 
but we do need to address it.

- David

On 2018-05-22 05:20 PM, Jodi Schneider wrote:
> For most US groups, as far as I can tell, this is about cookies and
> disclosure of what information is collected (e.g. on a privacy policy
> linked throughout a website).
> 
> IANL, but a compliance-related email I received recently mentions the
> limits to GDPR’s jurisdictional provisions:
> "The GDPR only pertains to units 1) offering goods or services to persons
> in the EU or 2) monitoring the behavior of persons in the EU (including
> through cookies on the unit’s websites). If you don’t do either of those
> things, the GDPR does not apply to your U.S.-based unit."
> 
> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Craig Boman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Since we aren't getting much direction from our respective university
>> technology departments, is there anything LITA or Code4lib could be doing
>> to facilitate some more discussions on the impact of GDPR for US university
>> libraries?
>>
>> Best,
>> Craig
>>
>> Craig Boman, MLIS (Ph.D. student)
>> Discovery Services Librarian and
>> Assistant Librarian
>> Miami University Libraries
>>
>> 314 King Library
>> [log in to unmask]
>> ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7511-4078
>>
>> "There is no education as that which comes from participation in the
>> constant stream of events." - Jane Addams (1902, p. 93) Craig Bowman Craig
>> Bauman
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:48 PM, Sattler, Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Erin,
>>>
>>>    I’ve been thinking about it but have no concrete plans. We have a
>>> privacy statement linked to in our footer that I need to reread and make
>>> sure is clear and accurate. Sadly, I’ve heard nothing from my university
>>> yet about what they’re doing.
>>>
>>>    I too am interested in what other libraries are doing.
>>>
>>> Kelly
>>>
>>> Kelly Sattler
>>> Head of Web Services
>>> MSU Libraries
>>> 366 W. Circle Drive (#13)
>>> East Lansing, MI 48824
>>> 517-884-0869
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> twitter: ksattler
>>>
>>> From: <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Erin White <
>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 2:38 PM
>>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, Code for Libraries <
>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: [lita-l] GDPR and your library website
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Is anyone making changes to your library website, sub-sites, or other
>>> digital platforms in order to comply with GDPR regulations?
>>>
>>>
>>> Bonus: if so, are you also working to increase users' awareness of how
>>> their data is collected and used across the library, not just on the web?
>>>
>>>
>>> We're mulling a few options here. Our university-level IT group plans to
>>> launch a web click-through page before users from the EU can proceed to
>>> institutional websites, but our library servers don't fall under their
>>> control for this change.
>>>
>>> I think this could be an opportunity for us to increase privacy awareness
>>> for all our users, rather than just EU visitors, and I've seen a few
>>> non-library websites present this info to everyone in a way that isn't
>>> obtrusive or alarming. But, I haven't gotten a sense of whether this is
>>> something other library folks are considering as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks for anything you've got to share.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Erin White
>>> Head, Digital Engagement, VCU Libraries<https://www.library.vcu.edu>
>>> (804) 827-3552 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> pronoun.is/she<http://pronoun.is/she>
>>>
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