Librarians, IT Experts Respond to Adobe Spying Accusations By Matt Enis on October 9, 2014 Adobe this week confirmed reports that it has been logging data on the reading activity of people who use the free Adobe Digital Editions service, and that the company has been transmitting those logs to its servers as unencrypted text files, raising privacy and security concerns. OverDrive, Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform, and the 3M Cloud Library all use Adobe Digital Editions and Adobe digital rights management (DRM) to secure popular fiction and nonfiction ebook titles for downloadable lending. Michael Bills, Baker & Taylor’s director of sales, digital products, acknowledged that many leading ebook platforms use Adobe DRM, and added that “privacy rights are of paramount concern to Baker & Taylor and its customers. Baker & Taylor is currently working with customers, and Adobe, on any questions or concerns.” OverDrive is also in contact with Adobe and monitoring the situation, according to David Burleigh, director of marketing and communication. thedigitalshift/2014/10/ebooks/librarians-experts-respond-adobe-spying-accusations/
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:26:57 +0000
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