Information Privacy and Data Governance Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6158
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Administrative Law and Public Policy, Intellectual Property, International and Comparative Law, National Security and Privacy, Torts
- Type
- Lecture
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Section Description
This course is an introduction to data and information privacy law. It will survey the common law, statutory, and regulatory regimes governing how firms and public entities collect, process, use, and store personal information. Students will be exposed to general consumer protection laws that bear on data privacy as well as to statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, that apply to particular industries or kinds of data. The course will also touch on privacy law in the European Union and on issues involving the international transfer of data.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2027
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- Points
- 3
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None