Information Privacy Law II

Privacy law and policy is one of the most important and rapidly expanding (and changing) fields in the world today. Increasingly, most aspects of daily life involve the (often unwitting) collection, communication, and use of personal data. As personal data are generated and collected more widely, and are far more revealing, governments are challenged to determine the proper limits and regulatory structures to enforce those limits, while businesses and other data users must determine how to comply with those emerging rules, often in the context of new technologies and unclear norms. The field of information privacy has grown so large that we are now covering it in two courses. Information Privacy Law I (not this course) will address the academic and constitutional background to privacy, the intersection of privacy and free speech, and the protection of privacy in law enforcement and national security. Information Privacy Law II (this course) is a survey course that will provide a foundational background in some or all of the following substantive areas of law: (1) Government Records; (2) Financial Data; (3) Consumer Data; (4) Data Security; (5) Education Privacy; (6) Employment Privacy; and (7) International Privacy Law. While Information Privacy Law I is not a prerequisite, students are encouraged to take both courses in sequence. Course requirements have not been finalized, but will most likely not be in-class exam during finals week. Instead, course requirements will likely be a combination of class participation, a short paper and presentation on a topic of each student s choosing, and a short anonymously graded take home exam that will be distributed on the last day of class and due before the Exam Period starts. For more information on course requirements, please contact Prof. Tomain.