Instructors:
Erion Murati
Displayed in timetable as:
EU General Data Prot
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 20
Comments/contents:
Course Programme
The GDPR part covers the following topics: a) Why GDPR?; b) An introduction to the GDPR’s structure; c) General principles and basic concepts of the GDPR; d) Key roles and features of the GDPR; e) The rights of Data subjects; f) Lawful processing of personal data; g) Complying with the EU GDPR; h) Privacy by design; i) Data protection impact assessments (DPIA); j) Breach reporting and responses; k) The role of DPO. L) Liabilities and sanctions; The Online part covers the following topics: a) introduction to online platforms; b) definition of online platforms and their categorization; c) regulatory challenges and EU legislative approach.
Learning objectives:
What will students achieve?
By the end of the course, they'll be able to:
· Identify the laws and regulations that pertain to data protection.
· Identify the main positions of the GDPR, including key concepts, principles and data protection roles.
· Explore rights of data subjects and their relevance in daily life.
· Investigate obligations of data controllers and processors and related steps that need to be taken for complying with the GDPR.
· Evaluate enforcement and compliance mechanisms under the GDPR.
· Identify the privacy obligations that can apply to Online Platforms.
· Understand the impact of Online Platforms on their rights and life.
Literature:
B. Rainery, E. Wicks and C. Ovey, Jacobs, White and Ovey - The European Convention on Human Rights (OUP 2017), Chapter 16: Protecting private life, the home and correspondence
Fundamental Rights Agency, Handbook on European data protection law (FRA, 2018) available for free at < https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/handbook-european-data-protection-law>
Luca Belli and Nicolo Zingales, Platform Regulations, How Platforms are Regulated and How They Regulate Us, (UN 2017) available for free at https://juliareda.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Reda2017_Platform-regulations-how-platforms-are-regulated-and-how-they-regulate-us3.pdf
Irina Domurath, Platforms as contract partners: Uber and beyond, November 28, (Maastricht Journal 2018) available for free at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1023263X18806485
Paul Voigt, Axel von dem Bussche, The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – A Practical Guide (Springer 2017).
