INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION LAW

BTS567

Course Code: BTS567
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

1. will have a general grounding in the Turkish, European and international regulations relating to communications, data and information technology

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

Privacy and its legal protection, The Concept of Privacy and the Right of Privacy, The Definition and Value of Privacy, Privacy and the Media, Public Disclosure of Private Facts. Dissemination of false or misleading information. Healt and Genetic Privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy, Records of Innocent Parties, Police Records. Privacy of Associations, Anonymity, and Identification. Privacy, Records and Computer Databases. Privacy at home, School, and work. International Privacy Law

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The information society in Community law
2^nd Week	Privacy as a "citizen's right" in the information society.
3^rd Week	Community trends on matters of privacy, electronic communications, copyright.
4^th Week	The privacy code as point of convergence of the current trends.
5^th Week	Fundamental principles of the privacy code.
6^th Week	Subjective roles, duties, rights of the parties concerned.
7^th Week	Trade-off between privacy, public security, economic initiative.
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Intersections between the privacy code and other regulations.
10^th Week	Electronic communications.
11^th Week	Journalism, the press, publishing.
12^th Week	Copyright.
13^th Week	Electronic commerce.
14^th Week	Advertising.

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8	X
K9
K10
K11