• E4J University Module Series: Cybercrime

• Module 10: Privacy and Data Protection

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Privacy: what it is and why it is important
  • Privacy and security
  • Cybercrime that compromises privacy
  • Data protection legislation
  • Data breach notification laws
  • Enforcement of privacy and data protection laws
  • Conclusion
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

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• First published in March 2019, updated in February 2020
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Core reading

 

The following readings are (mostly open source) required readings that should be completed before taking a class based on this Module:

• Bambauer, Derek E. (2013). Privacy versus Security. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol 103(3), 667-684.
• European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe. (2018). Handbook on European data protection law 2018 edition .
• Maras, Marie-Helen and Wandt, Adam. (2019). Enabling Mass Surveillance: Data Aggregation in the Age of Big Data and the Internet of Things. Journal of Cyber Policy.
• Schartum, Dag Wiese. (2016). Making privacy by design operative. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol. 24:2, 151-175.
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. (2016). Data protection regulations and international data flows: Implications for trade and development .

 

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