Introduction to Privacy Law and Policy

Catalog description

This course examines how the US legal framework recognizes privacy rights and balances them against competing interests, such as freedom of speech and press, big data, national security, law enforcement, medical research, business interests, and technological innovation. It will address how torts, constitutional law, federal/state statutes/regulations, and societal norms protect individual privacy against government, corporations, and private actors in a variety of areas including: employment, media, education, data security, children's privacy, health privacy, sports, consumer issues, finance, surveillance, and more. Also considered: EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).