C7818 - EU DATA LAW

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course unit, students will be able to: -demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the rationale and legal principles underlying both the protection of personal data and the regulation of data access and sharing, including the relevant rights at national, EU, and international level, and issues related to proprietary rights, competition, and innovation; - identify and critically assess data protection rights, data access and sharing rights, and the ethical implications arising in these contexts; -analyze and address complex problems related to the coordination and application of overlapping legal norms within their area of expertise.

Contenuti

The teaching will cover the following areas:


1) Data Protection Law;
2) Intellectual Property Law in relation to data and the data economy, data ownership and control, gatekeeping;
3) The regulation of non-personal data;
5) Data sharing and data-access law – The Data Act.


The study of ‘EU Data Law’ will provide students with an advanced critical understanding of the legal and ethical issues surrounding data and the role played by the EU ongoing regulation of the digital transformation. This general objective will be translated into the
following more specific learning objectives:


A. Knowledge and Understanding


1. Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale underlying the protection of personal data, as well as
the underlying rights at national, EU, and international level.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale underlying the regulation of access to, and sharing of,
data, as well as the underlying right issues of proprietary rights and competition for markets and
innovation.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of data protection rights, data access/sharing rights and ethical issues
in the context of their areas of competence, as well as complex problems of coordination and application
of the various norms.


B Cognitive (thinking) Skills


4. Demonstrate an ability to analyse the relevant law.
5. Demonstrate an ability to assess critically, where relevant, the law, policies and ethical issues.
6. Demonstrate the ability to understand and apply regulations and ethical aspects in product designand development, as well as business models and management.


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


7. Demonstrate ability to research and assemble information and materials that are relevant to the law
and policy.
8. Demonstrate an ability to produce a structured, logical, analytical and accurately referenced synthesis
of relevant materials.
9. Demonstrate an ability to present cogent written arguments.

Testi/Bibliografia

Essential Reading

• Federico Ferretti, Allegra Canepa, Francesca Mattassoglio, EU Digital Markets Law (Kluwer Law International, 2025);

• Material provided in class (if any).

Metodi didattici

Lectures, seminars, group readings, students' 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 submission of a written research project (coursework) of up to 3.000 words in length (excluding bibliography and/or bibliographical references in the footnotes) on a topic released in the last teaching week. 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; and
- compulsory group presentation (pass/fail). Failure to contribute to the presentation and a poor presentation equal to a fail.

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 newly given written research project (coursework) in the following exam session. All resubmissions shall be of a length between min. 8.000 words and max 10.000 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. 8.000 and max 10.000 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.

 

The use of Artificial Intelligence is strictly forbidden.

 

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 presentations, textbooks, reading material

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Federico Ferretti