Privacy and Data Security

Catalog description

Elective Course Enrollment Limit: 20 Course Requirement: take-home exam This course provides an introduction to the legal principles that protect personal information in the digital age. Students will study the laws that shape privacy and data security in the United States, including the US Constitution, federal statutes, federal agency actions, state statutes, contract law, and tort law. Some international dimensions, particularly European Union regulations, will be included as well. Students will explore the technological underpinnings of data security and privacy, while also thinking critically about how the law should respond to ever-evolving technology.