Abstract
Librarians have a long history of protecting users' privacy; library associations' codes of ethics in many countries also express the support for the right and some of them have made privacy policies. But the extent of library associations' compliance with codes of ethics and content of privacy policies include is unclear. The study surveys national library associations' privacy policies in which privacy appears in codes of ethics, which is based on content analysis of codes of ethics in Pnina Shachaf's study. Trough content analysis approach, descriptive characteristics, readability, and content of policies are examined. The most frequently identified content categories include enforcement & redress, choice & consent; the least identified content categories are notice & openness, access by users, data security, implementation of privacy policy and privacy of special groups or activities in turn.
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