[Koha-devel] Anonymous OPAC Search History

[Chris Cormack]

* Julian Maurice (julian.maurice at biblibre.com) wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a question about this commit (I didn't succeed to find the
> corresponding bug in Bugzilla)
> 
> commit feeafa8168965183ba8651cf3113c3c32af863ec
> Author:     Henri-Damien LAURENT <henridamien.laurent at biblibre.com>
> AuthorDate: Mon Aug 24 22:10:25 2009 +0200
> Commit:     Henri-Damien LAURENT <henridamien.laurent at biblibre.com>
> CommitDate: Wed Sep 30 11:22:21 2009 +0200
> 
>     Adding Opac-SearchHistory feature
> 
>     Enables ppl to store their search history and delete the whole history
> 
>     Adding Storable required by Opac-Search-History
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> It adds the possibility for users to store their search queries.
> It's possible for both logged users and anonymous users.
> More than that, if an anonymous user with a search history log in,
> the whole anonymous history is loaded and stored as the user search
> history.
> 
> Isn't there any privacy problems with this feature?
> I mean, if user_1 do some search as an anonymous user, and then
> user_2 go on the same computer and log in, the whole user_1 search
> history is saved into user_2 search history.
> 
> This behaviour has been reported as a bug by some BibLibre
> customers, that's why I ask.
> 
I can see it as a bug, in that you get history that isnt yours.

But since there is no way to know who it was .. I don't think it is a
privacy issue. Unless you are standing behind someone watching them
search so know who it was before you anyway :-)

Chris

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