19-608 Privacy, Policy Law and Technology

Units: 12.0 Department: Eng. & Public Policy Cross-listed: 15-508 , 17-801 , 95-818 Related URLs: http://www.epp.cmu.edu/ Privacy issues have been getting increasing attention from law makers, regulators, and the media. As new technologies such as the World Wide Web, wireless location-based services, and RFID chips are developed, they increasingly raise privacy concerns. In addition, the recent focus on national security and fighting terrorism has brought with it new concerns about governmental intrusions on personal privacy. This course provides an in-depth look into privacy, privacy laws, and privacy-related technologies and self-regulatory efforts. Students will study privacy from philosophical, historical, legal, policy, and technical perspectives. This course will include a lot of reading, writing, and class discussion. Students will be able to tailor their assignments to their skills and interests, focusing more on programming or writing papers as they see fit. However, all students will be expected to do some writing and some technical work. Graduate students will be expected to take on more substantial projects than the undergraduate students.

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Spring 2005 times

No sections available for semester Spring 2005.