IN5540 ¨C Privacy by Design

Course content

Privacy by Design is a fundamental requirement of the GDPR for all systems operating on personal information. This course provides an introduction to privacy and data protection legislation including the GDPR, privacy enhancing technologies, privacy management, designing for privacy, and privacy patterns in software design.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you will:

• have knowledge of basic legal privacy concepts and data protection regulations
• have knowledge of security and privacy enhancing technologies
• have knowledge of concepts of privacy by design and privacy impact assessment
• have knowledge of principles of architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns
• be able to map legal privacy principles to technical privacy concepts
• be able to relate security and privacy goals to mechanisms and technologies
• be able to apply privacy by design and perform privacy impact assessments
• be able to apply appropriate architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns

Admission to the course

Max. 50 students (IN5540?and IN9540 together), ranked accordingly for those with the course in an approved study plan:

1. PhD-students at IFI
2. Master-students at Informatics: Programming and System Architecture or Informatics: Information Security
3. Master-students at other master programmes at IFI

Recommended previous knowledge

General knowledge about information security (e.g. IN2120 ¨C Information Security) and system design (e.g. IN1030 ¨C Systems, Requirements and Consequences)

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with IN9540 ¨C Privacy by Design.

Teaching

2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group work per week

Examination

Home assignments and presentation counts 40% toward the final grade, with a final written digital exam counts 60%. Both exams must be passed in the same semester.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.