Introduction to course
Advanced technologies and contemporary challenges to privacy and data protection, dynamics and regulatory logic
Historical overview of evolving regulation in the study area at international law level, international sources of law and case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Evolving regulation in the study area at the level of European Union law: legal sources, interpretation and institutional framework
Introduction to relevant legal sources, institutional framework, regulatory and court practice in Croatia
Personal data protection – a general overview: analysis of selected EU and Croatian law sources and practice
Data and privacy protection in electronic communications: analysis of selected EU and Croatian law sources (part 1)
Data and privacy protection in electronic communications: analysis of selected EU and Croatian law sources (part 2)
Case-studies (part 1)
Case-studies (part 2)
Privacy and data protection on the Internet: analysis of selected EU and Croatian law sources and practice
Case-studies (part 1)
Case-studies (part 2)
Overview and analysis of current legal-regulatory developments in the study area
Putting it all into perspective: course wrap-up lecture
Privacy and Electronic Communications
Literature
MANDATORY LITERATURE
Nina Gumzej, Dražen Dragičević; “Convergence in communications and E-Privacy regulatory challenges, with a local perspective”, in: “Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Telecommunications, 13-15.7.2015., Graz”; Graz University of Technology / IEEE (2015), str. 1-8
Nina Gumzej; “Evolving challenges and legal safeguards in processing user data in electronic communications”, in: “Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Telecommunications, 26.-28.6.2013, Zagreb”; FER – University of Zagreb / IEEE (2013), str. 271-282
European Commission; Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications); European Commission (2017)
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
RECOMMENDED LITERATURE
Vagelis Papakonstantinou, Paul de Hert; “The Amended EU Law on ePrivacy and Electronic Communications after its 2011 Implentation; New Rules on Data Protection, Spam, Data Breaches and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights”, in: “The John Marshall Journal of Information Technology Privacy Law” (vol. 29, br. 1); John Marshall Law School (2011), str. 29-74
Alfred Bullesbach, Yves Poullet, Corien Prins and Serge Gijbrath (Eds.); “Concise European IT Law”; Kluwer Law International (2010), str. 2-242
Serge Gutwirth, Ronald Leenes, Paul de Hert; Reforming European Data Protection Law; Springer (2014), str. 3-406
Serge Gutwirth, Ronald Leenes, Paul de Hert, Yves Poullet; European Data Protection: Coming of Age; Springer Science Business Media (2012), str. 3-430
Time.lex and Spark; ePrivacy Directive: assessment of transposition, effectiveness and compatibility with proposed Data Protection Regulation – FINAL REPORT; Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union (2015), str. 1-122
Irene Kamara, Eleni Kosta; Do Not Track initiatives: regaining the lost user control; International Data Privacy Law, vol. 6., issue 4 (2016), str. 276-290
Frederik ZUIDERVEEN BORGESIUS et al.; An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications – Study; European Union (2017)
REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
Learning outcomes
Explain contemporary challenges for the protection of privacy and personal data protection in electronic communications as well as in the modern digital networked environment in general
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1.Identify historical, political, economic, European, international or other
social factors relevant to the creation and application of law -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understanding
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SKILLS
Information management skills, learning ability, skills of clear and
understandable oral and written expression, use of a foreign language in
professional communication -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching unit:
Privacy and personal data protection in the digital environment:
introduction to the course -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
Explain the logic and dynamics of the development of regulation of protection of the right to privacy and protection of personal data in electronic communications as well as in the modern digital networked environment in general at the domestic, EU and international level
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
4.Classify and interpret the normative framework relevant to a particular
branch of law
9.Analyze various aspects of the legal system of the Republic of Croatia,
including a comparative perspective
10.Determine relevant rules of the European Union legal system in a
particular legal area -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understanding
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SKILLS
Information management skills, learning ability, skills of clear and
understandable oral and written expression, use of a foreign language in
professional communication -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
Advanced technologies and contemporary challenges for privacy and data
protection, dynamics and regulatory logic
Historical overview of regulatory development in the area at the
international legal level; international sources of law and case law of the
European Court of Human Rights -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
Apply relevant sources of law to various problem situations with an impact on the right to privacy and the right to protection of personal data in the modern digital environment
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
2. Define basic concepts and institutes and basic doctrines and principles
of individual branches of law
6.Apply appropriate legal terminology (in Croatian and one foreign
language) in clear and reasoned oral and written expression.
10.Determine relevant rules of the European Union legal system in a
particular legal area
Evaluate legal institutes and principles in their development dimension
and in relation to contemporary legal system -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Applying
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SKILLS
Ability to solve problems, ability to apply knowledge in practice, ability to
learn and research, use a foreign language in professional communication -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
Application of Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the field of electronic
communications
Convention 108 – application in the electronic communications sector;
Convention 108+
General Data Protection Regulation
Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
Electronic Communications Act
Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
Analyze the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
11.Analyze relevant case law
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COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Analysing
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SKILLS
Ability to solve problems, ability to apply knowledge in practice, ability to
learn and research, use a foreign language in professional communication -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Case law of the European Court of Human Rights -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
Drafting a legal opinion related to various problem situations impacting the protection of the right to privacy and the right to personal data in electronic communications and in the networked digital environment in general
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
7.Use information technology and legal databases (e.g. legislation, case
law, legal journals and other e-resources)
11.Analyze relevant case law
15.Propose a solution to a legal problem with the aim of drafting a legal
opinion
20.Independently plan and present or / and in a team create legal projects
or actions in legal proceedings -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Synthesis
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SKILLS
Ability to solve problems, ability to apply knowledge in practice, ability to
learn and research, use a foreign language in professional communication -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
Review and examination of practical cases (Part 1)
Review and examination of practical cases (Part 2) -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
Evaluate the proposal of the EU normative framework in the area
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
12.Evaluate legal institutes and principles in their development dimension
and in relation to contemporary legal system
13.Combine legal institutes and principles of the contemporary legal
system
14.Compare different judicial systems
18.Conduct empirical or legal and interdisciplinary research
19.Implement European acts into the national legal system -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Evaluation
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SKILLS
Information management skills, ability to apply knowledge in practice,
ability to learn, ability to create new ideas. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching unit:
Review and examination of current issues of legal and regulatory
development in the area -
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration of practical tasks, close reading,
student debate, independent reading
