Privacy, Data Protection and Data Security/Lecture course (5 cr)
Code: ONEVAL0015V23-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.12.2023 - 04.03.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 14.03.2024 - 19.03.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 1 cr
- Virtual portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Faculty of Law
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 1 - 50
- Teachers
- Emmanuel Salami
- Juhana Riekkinen
- Course
- ONEVAL0015V23
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
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
Execution methods
In addition to attending the lectures (12 h, 0,5 ECTS), the student is required to write an essay of approximately 15 pages (4,5 ECTS). The subject will be chosen by the student in accordance with the teacher, and instructions will be provided in connection with the lectures.
Lectures (12 hours) will be delivered both during the Autumn semester and during the Spring semester.
Accomplishment methods
Lectures (0,5 ECTS) and essay (4,5 ECTS)
Content
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.
Location and time
The lecture course will have a dedicated Moodle workspace. Written assignments for both ONEVAL0015 and ONVAL0010 need to be submitted in this workspace.
Materials
Lecture material. Additional potential source material for essays will be discussed at the lectures. Recommended reading: - Carey, Peter (ed.), Data Protection: A practical guide to UK and EU law, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press 2018 - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe, Handbook on European Data Protection Law, Publications Office of the European Union 2018, available in various languages at https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/handbook-european-data-protection-law-2018-edition - Kuner, Christopher; Bygrave, Lee A.; Docksey, Christopher; Drechsler, Laura (eds.): The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) : A Commentary, Oxford University Press 2020
Teaching methods
Lectures (online) and essay.
Completion alternatives
The lectures will be delivered in English. Written assignments can be submitted in English or in Finnish. If you wish to submit your assignments in Finnish, please register for the implementation under code ONVAL0010.
Further information
Lectures: Emmanuel Salami (emmanuel.salami@ulapland.fi)
Grading: Emmanuel Salami (ONEVAL0015), Juhana Riekkinen (ONVAL0010)
Coordination: Juhana Riekkinen