CS 4803/8803: PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND LAW
COLLEGE OF COMPUTING & SCHELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Fall 2014
Professor Annie I. Antón
Chair, School of Interactive Computing
(404) 894-8591
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00 – 3:00 PM or by appointment
Professor Peter Swire
Scheller College of Business 4163
(240) 994-4142
Office Hours: Thursday 10-11 or by appointment
Course Description
This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of privacy––a current topic of great international interest in for those in the technology, policy, law, and/or business. Advances in computing technology have driven an explosion in the collection and use of personal data, often described as “Big Data.” Big Data has created numerous challenges in how to build private and public institutions to achieve the benefits of greater information flows while managing the risks to personal privacy and cybersecurity. This course seeks to equip students to understand the multiple perspectives relevant to managing privacy in an organization, both for private-sector companies and for government. The professors draw on their extensive experience in business, government, technology, and law to address current privacy debates.
1. Why take the course:
a. In the information age, the use of personal information is key to many business, government, and policy decisions.
b. Both professors are globally recognized experts, and the course received high student evaluations in spring, 2014.
c. Privacy-related employment is growing rapidly, with the major trade association more than doubling in the past three years.
d. Course counts towards the Policy Specialization in the InfoSec MS Program.
2. Topics covered include:
b. Do Not Track and the future of online advertising. (Swire chaired the global DNT process in 2012-2013).
c. Health IT, and Atlanta is a major center for this.
d. Surveillance, the cloud, and business post-Snowden.
3. Professor Annie Antón:
a. Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing.
b. Advisor to Intel, NTT, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the intelligence community.
c. A leading technologist in privacy debates.
d. Has twice taught this course at GT, receiving a thank-a-teacher award & high teaching evaluations.
4. Professor Peter Swire:
a. Huang Professor at Scheller.
b. Has been on privacy advisory boards for Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft & start-ups.
c. Chief Counselor for Privacy to President Clinton.
d. Worked for Larry Summers under President Obama on National Economic Council.
e. President Obama named him fall 2013 to Review Group on Intelligence & Communications technology, to guide U.S. policy post-Snowden.
Course Syllabus
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students, with somewhat greater assignments for graduate students.
Course Coverage
Week 1: Introduction to Privacy, Technology, Policy, and Law
Week 2: Privacy Tort Law and the Mosaic Theory
Week 3: Defining Privacy and the Right to Be Forgotten
Week 4: Privacy Engineering
Week 5: Anonymity and Re-Identification
Week 6: Privacy Policies and Regulatory Compliance
Week 7: HIPAA (Health Care) and GLBA (Financial Services) and Internet of Things
Week 8: Big Data and Analytics
Week 9: Fall Break
Week 10: Social Networks
Week 11: Behavioral Advertising and Tracking Technologies
Week 12: Encryption
Week 13: The Fourth Amendment and Technology
Week 14: Foreign Intelligence, Wiretapping, and Communication
Week 15: President’s Review Group on Intelligence & Communications – Guest Speaker: John DeLong, Director of Compliance, National Security Agency (confirmed)
Week 16: Review
Course Assignments
There is no textbook. Weekly assignments are posted on the class website. Projects this fall will focus on the Right to Be Forgotten case in the European Union, where Google was recently ordered to re-engineer its search engine to comply with new privacy requirements. We expect to have multi-disciplinary teams (including business and computing) to do projects on how companies such as Google, LinkedIn, CNN, and Microsoft should comply with the new requirements while meeting business and IT goals. Grading based on in class participation, projects and class assignments. No examination.
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