Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Data Analytics and Privacy
Course Number:
R_DAP
Course Description:
Data analytics has the ability to pose significant challenges to privacy, human autonomy and dignity. The ability to influence people in ways they can act against their own interest is what political scientists describe as power. Data analytics as an instrument to develop knowledge and facilitate the exercise of power is a phenomenon which requires regulation. Power in a constitutional democracy, whether exercised by the state or other parties, has to be subject to law. Law offers the option to mediate between conflicting interests guiding towards a legal solution of a problem rather than one which is based on brute force. In this course the basics of privacy and data protection law are explained in the context of data analytics. The idea is for students of computer science to understand the basics of the law and for students of law to understand the basics of data analytics. The ultimate goal
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
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