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Duration

9 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Data Privacy Fundamentals
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  • Curriculum
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Highlights

  • Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
  • Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
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  • This course is designed to introduce data privacy to a wide audience and help each participant see how data privacy has evolved as a compelling concern to public and private organizations as well as individuals. In this course, you will hear from legal and technical experts and practitioners who encounter data privacy issues daily. This course will review theories of data privacy as well as data privacy in the context of social media and artificial intelligence. It will also explore data privacy issues in journalism, surveillance, new technologies like facial recognition and biometrics. Completion of the course will enable the participant to be eligible for CPE credit.

Data Privacy Fundamentals
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Curriculum

Privacy in the Digital Age

Course Introduction

Lesson 1: Why Does Privacy Matter

Lesson 2: The History of Privacy

Data Privacy and Information Ethics: Kay Mathiesen

Lesson 3: Defining Privacy

Data Privacy Goods: Evan Selinger

Lesson 4: Control Over Personal Information

Transparency and Encryption: Christo Wilson

Start Here!

Module 1 Objectives

Thinking about Obscurity

Thinking About Trust

Lesson 1: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 2: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 3: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 4: Check your Knowledge

Module 1: Final Quiz

Risks in Data Privacy

Protecting Privacy

Personalization, Algorithms and Machine Learning: Alan Mislove

Privacy Threats

Lesson 3: Internet of Things

Exploring the Internet of Things Lab: Dave Chofness

Lesson 4: Artificial Intelligence

Module 2 Objectives

Obscurity by Design

Privacy Standards in Higher Education

The Ideal of Perfect Privacy

Banning of facial recognition technology

Lesson 1: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 2: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 3: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 4: Check Your Knowedge

Module 2: Final Quiz

Frameworks of Data Privacy Law

Privacy in the Media

Privacy in Surveillance

Privacy in Data

Privacy Around the World

Data Protection in Health Care with Michelle Anderson

Privacy and Information Law with Neil Richards

Privacy Around the World: Chris Hart

Course Conclusion

Module 3 Objectives

Overview of Privacy Law

Privacy and Surveillance

Idealising Control of Data

Congratulations! You are eligible for a scholarship and CPE credits!

Follow-Up Survey

Lesson 1: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 2: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 3: Check Your Knowledge

Lesson 4: Check Your Knowledge

Module 3: Final Quiz

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Learning Experience: Identify foundational understanding of digital age privacy concepts and theories.
Faculty: Faculty was so knowledgeable. Name of the faculty is Woodrow Hartzog. yes it was, it helps you to Identify the rules and frameworks for data privacy in the age of technology.
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