CSEC525 DIGITAL PRIVACY
| Course Code: | 9100525 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Cyber Security |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Since this is a legal course, lectures and exams will be in Turkish.
Materials for this course will be both in Turkish and English.
By the end of this course, students will learn the legal domain for digital privacy in Turkey and the EU. (Both Personal Data Protection Law and General Data Protection Regulation will be covered.) Students will be able to make their designs, develop systems or business methods in compliance with principles stated in PDPL and GDPR. Also, they will know when they may need professional legal assistance.
Course Content
This course will provide students a legal approach about information privacy, communication privacy and individual privacy. Students will study privacy from philosophical, historical, legal, policy, and technical perspectives and learn how to engineer systems for privacy. In addition, students will be provided with a basic knowledge about contracts and Intellecual Property issues for cybersecurity experts.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Digital Privacy in Information Age. Why do we need privacy and how can we protect our privacy?
2. Key Terminology for GDPR and Personal Data Protection Regulation
3. Principles relating to the processing of personal data
4. Lawful processing of personal data
5. Conditions of consent
6. Conditions of Data Transfer
7. Rights of the Data Subjects
8. Supervisory authority
9. Remedies, Liabilities, and Penalties due to GDPR and PDTL (Personal Data Protection Law - KVKK)
10. Turkish Penal Code and Digital Privacy
11. Intellectual Property Rights in Cyber Space