Personal Data Protection on the Internet

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Teaching results

By completing the course, students gain basic information and an overview of personal data protection and handling. The course explains the impact of the current GDPR regulation on the presence and activities of the company on the Internet, deals with the rights and obligations of the website operator and its visitor, explains the mining, processing and subsequent deletion of personal data in a digital environment.
The graduate of the course will gain knowledge and practical skills in the field of personal data protection on the Internet and their handling in accordance with current regulations of the institutes that regulate this area and in case of non-compliance with the defined statutes.
The graduate of the course is able to use the acquired knowledge in a wide range of companies that use the Internet for their business activities, and which for their business or marketing purposes handle in some way the personal data of website visitors or users who came into contact with the company's Internet advertising.

Indicative content

The course defines and explains the rights and obligations of users and operators of websites from a legal-moral point of view. It focuses mainly on the protection of personal data on the Internet, on selected areas of the GDPR regulation, work with cookies, defines and explains the so-called "The right to be forgotten", clarifies anonymity and privacy on the Internet and predicts trends for the near future that will help users stay in the desired anonymity.

Support literature

VÝBORNÝ, Štěpán. Nenávistný internet versus právo. Praha : Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2013. 164 s. Lidská práva. ISBN 978-80-7357-766-7
NAVRÁTIL, Jiří. GDPR pro praxi. Recenze: Bohumír Štědroň, Jan Matejka. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2018. 339 s. Pro praxi. ISBN 978-80-7380-689-7.
VALENTOVÁ, Tatiana - ŽUĽOVÁ, Jana - ŠVEC, Marek. Nové pravidlá ochrany osobných údajov : podľa nového zákona o ochrane osobných údajov a nariadenia GDPR. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Wolters Kluwer, 2018. 167 s. ISBN 978-80-8168-792-1.
VALENTOVÁ, Tatiana - BIRNSTEIN, Martin - GOLAIS, Ján. GDPR/Všeobecné nariadenie o ochrane osobných údajov - Zákon o ochrane osobných údajov : praktický komentár. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Wolters Kluwer SR, 2018. 551 s. ISBN 978-80-8168-852-2.

Syllabus

Personal data on the Internet - definition of terms 2. Identification of regulations governing the processing of personal data 3. Rights and obligations of the website visitor 4. Rights and obligations of the website operator 5. Protection of personal data on the Internet 6. Storage and deletion of personal data 7. GDPR Regulation and its impact on the digital environment 8. GDPR and Wordpress 9. Cookies in the context of personal data protection 10. The right to be forgotten 11. Anonymity and privacy on the Internet 12. Practical examples of working with personal data on the Internet 13. Trends and the near future of privacy on the Internet

Requirements to complete the course

40% - semestral test
60 % - final exam

Student workload

Total study load: 104 hours
Participation on seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 26 hours
Continuous assignments: 26 hours
Preparation for final exam: 26 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 06.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 13.01.2022