Privacy and Data Protection

This module explores privacy and data protection, focusing on the legal and technical aspects of safeguarding sensitive information against unauthorized access and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

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Migga Kizza, Joseph Migga. “Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age.” Springer, 2017.

Woodruff, Allison, Vasyl Pihur, Sunny Consolvo, Laura Brandimarte, and Alessandro Acquisti. “Would a Privacy Fundamentalist Sell Their DNA for $1000… If Nothing Bad Happened as a Result? The Westin Categories, Behavioral Intentions, and Consequences.” In 10th Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2014), pp. 1-18. 2014.

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