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NYC Libraries Take the Lead for Digital Privacy Week

Government Technology: New York City is holding its first library privacy week this month, which includes a series of more than 30 free public workshops aimed at teaching residents better data privacy practices.

The library privacy week workshops have already started and will continue through Monday, Oct. 22, taking place throughout the city and hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, Queens Library and the Metropolitan New York Library Council. Topics covered within these workshops range from how to use available digital privacy tools to what to expect from emerging issues of digital privacy in the future. Protecting your data while using public Wi-Fi networks is also a major point of emphasis.

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