The Intellectual Freedom Committee's Privacy Subcommittee monitors ongoing privacy developments in technology (in cooperation with Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures), politics and legislation (in cooperation with the Committee on Legislation (COL)
To recommend such steps as may be necessary to safeguard the rights of library users, libraries, and librarians, in accordance with the first amendment to the United States Constitution and the Library Bill of Rights as adopted by the ALA Council. To work
To provide a forum to discuss privacy literacy as a key component of information literacy and promote educator self-efficacy around teaching privacy literacy in both formal and informal contexts.