Adobe Digital Editions 4.0 Privacy Statement

Oct 15, 2014
Burling Library on a sunny day

Recently Grinnell College Libraries has learned of a privacy issue with the latest desktop version of Adobe Digital Editions 4.0. ADE is used by ebrary for downloading certain ebooks owned by the Libraries. The latest version of ADE collects user information, including information about ebooks in ePub or PDF formats that are not managed by ADE, and transmits this information to Adobe unencrypted. The Grinnell College Libraries is committed to user privacy and recommends that users take the following actions:

  • Uninstall ADE 4.0 and reinstall an earlier version of ADE. Earlier versions do not have this privacy issue.
  • Use the online ebrary reader for ebooks, or another reading app other than ADE 4.0.

Adobe is currently working to resolve the privacy issue and will release a patch update soon. The Libraries will continue to monitor the situation and will share any updates we receive about this issue.

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