Privacy, Data Protection and Data SecurityLaajuus (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

This foundational course on data protection law is aimed at introducing students to data protection law. After the course, students should be able to understand privacy and data protection law from a historical point of view and also recent legal issues as it pertains to digitalization. This course will include both a theoretical and practical approach to privacy and data protection law

Sisältö

This course covers topics such as:

- history and evolution of privacy and data protection law
- principles of data protection law
- data subject rights
- the roles and duties of the supervisory authorities and data protection officers
- data protection and technologies
- data protection and some other relevant fields of law.

Lisätiedot

Timing
Lectures (12 hours) will be delivered during the Autumn semester.

The essay can be submitted for assessment as agreed with the teacher.

Teachers
Emmanuel Salami (LL.M, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Lapland, emmanuel.salami@ulapland.fi)

Juhana Riekkinen (LL.D. trained on the bench, University Lecturer in Legal Informatics)

Other
This course is part of the Law and Tech package.