LAW7675 (Information Privacy Law) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Discusses the legal aspects of collection, use, and disclosure of personal information. Examines the interrelated web of torts, statutes, crimes, contracts, property rules, administrative regulations, procedural rules, and constitutional provisions that implicate information privacy. Covers the difficulty in conceptualizing privacy, justifications for protecting privacy, privacy and the press, conflicts between privacy and free speech, wiretapping and government surveillance, national and international data protection frameworks, privacy and social media, anonymity, and the rules for cross-border data flows.
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