Instructional goals
Training students on the new personality rights in the digital market.
Prerequisites
None
Intended learning outcomes
Students will achieve a basic knowledge and understanding of the main legal issues concerning privacy protection in the digital market with specific emphasis on those affecting, including European regulation, consumer protection and civil liability.
Course Contents
Law and marketing; privacy, customer profiling and database regulation.
Reference Books
Teaching materials will be available or indicated at the outset of the course.
Teaching Methods
Frontal teaching, seminars, interactive discussion, case studies. Professionals from institutions, corporations and international law firms will participate to the course giving seminars on specific topics.
Assessment Method
Oral exams. Case study presentations; written exams.
Thesis assignment criteria
Relevance of the proposed topic.
Week 1 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The framework: REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) (on campus). COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS On the European democracy action plan (on line).
Week 2 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The sources: digital single market and data protection. The right of access and rectification. Harmonisation to the GDPR of the Privacy Code. The connection between European and domestic law made by the new harmonised Privacy Code. The GDPR as a new global legal banchmark (on campus). Personal privacy, personal data protection and digital identity as new fundamental personal rights. From personal identity to digital identity (on line) (on campus). The right to be forgotten. Privacy and consumer protection (on line)
Week 3 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Privacy, automated decisions and algorithms (on campus). Big data (on line)
Week 4 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Blockchain technology (on campus) smart contracts, privacy (ON LINE)
Week 5 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Digital legacy (on campus) The new ways of expressing dispositive will (on line)
Week 6 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Civil liability for unlawful processing of personal data (on campus). The legal qualification of provider’s liability (on line)
Week 7 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Privacy by design and privacy by default (on campus). Accountability and data protection (on line)
Week 8 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Private self-regulation and data protection (on campus). Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms (on line)
Week 9 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Privacy, cyber risk and insurance (on campus). The risks of cybernetic space (on line)
Week 10 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Gdpr and subjective figures
Week 11 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Consent to profiling.
Week 12 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The right to data portability and digital platforms.