94455 - EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION LAW

Contenuti

This is a module under the Jean Monnet Chair in Digital Market Law.

The Chair is financed by the European Union.

The module aims to provide students with essential knowledge about the theoretical rationales and policy arguments for both privacy and data protection legislation. Data protection is a pervasive issue affecting most sectors. Therefore, the module will be suitable for students of all disciplines across the University (e.g. computer science, economics, social sciences, medicine, engineering, law).

Generally, the module will cover the following areas:

- Historical and social origins of privacy and data protection;

- concepts of privacy and basic principles of privacy law;

- concept of data protection and basic principles of EU data protection law (GDPR);

- nature and scope of such rights;

- procedures, both national and supranational, for the granting and recognition of the rights (supervision and enforcement);

- Case studies and the commercial side of data protection law;

- Case studies and fundamental/human right side of privacy and data protection;

- data protection, IT law and IP law;

- EU data protection and the relationship between the EU and third countries;

- Selected privacy and data protection legal frameworks outside the EU (e.g. the US, ASEAN, China).

The module provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:

A Knowledge and Understanding

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale underlying the protection of privacy and personal data, as well as the underlying rights at national, EU, and international level

2. Demonstrate an understanding and an ability to apply knowledge of privacy and data protection rights to a number of areas of law, as well as complex problem and essay questions.

B Cognitive (thinking) Skills

3. Demonstrate an ability to analyse the relevant law.

4. Demonstrate an ability to assess critically, where relevant, the law and policy underlying it.

C Other Skills and Attributes (Practical/Professional/Transferable)

5. Demonstrate ability to research and assemble information and materials that are relevant to the law and policy.

6. Demonstrate an ability to produce a structured, logical, analytical and accurately referenced synthesis of relevant materials.

7. Demonstrate an ability to present cogent written arguments.

Assessment

The method of assessment will be coursework or project. Students will be asked to write a research-based essay on data protection applied to an agreed area of law or technology.

The module will engage invited international guest speakers (academics and/or practitioners).

Testi/Bibliografia

The bibliography is provisional.

Texts and materials will be suggested or provided during the course.

Metodi didattici

Lectures, seminars, group readings, class and/or individual presentations

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

For those who attend at least 70% of the classes, the assessment of this course will be:
- 50% by performance in class (intermediary test); and
- 50% by performance in individual project presentations and submission in writing of the presented research project (dissertation) of up to 2.500 words in length (excluding abstract, bibliography and/or bibliographical references in the footnotes) on a topic of own choice within the syllabus, and
- compulsory group presentation (pass/fail). Failure to contribute to the presentation and a poor presentation equal to a fail.
The dissertation shall be submitted in WORD format (for the check of the number of words) via email to f.ferretti@unibo.it by the established exam date at the given time. Dissertations will not be accepted after that time and date! Equally, dissertations will not be accepted for failure to register for the exam.

All students are entitled to refuse the partial or overall mark given, or may fail. In these cases they may resubmit for assessment on the basis of 100% submission of a given written research project (coursework) in the following exam session. All submissions shall be of a length between min. 6.000 words and max 7.000 words (excluding bibliography and/or bibliographical references in the footnotes) on a topic released on the virtual learning environment 3-4 weeks before the exam date. The coursework shall be submitted in WORD format (for the check of the number of words and plagiarism, including the use of chatbots) via email to f.ferretti@unibo.it by the exam date at the stated time. Coursework will not be accepted after that time and date! Equally, coursework will not be accepted for failure to register for the exam.

For those who do not attend, the assessment on this course will be 100% by submission of a written research project (coursework) of a length between min. 6.000 and max 7.000 words (excluding bibliography and/or bibliographical references in the footnotes) on a topic released on the virtual learning environment 3-4 weeks before the exam date. The coursework shall be submitted in WORD format (for the check of the number of words and plagiarism, including chatbots) via email to f.ferretti@unibo.it by the exam date at the stated time. Coursework will not be accepted after that time and date! Equally, coursework will not be accepted for failure to register for the exam.

 

Mark descriptors:

• <18 insufficient - not pass

• 18-23 pass, sufficient

• 24-27 pass, good

• 28-30 pass, very good

• 30 cum laude pass, excellent

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

PowerPoint, informative/reading material

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Federico Ferretti