Data Privacy Fundamentals

Learn about privacy from 5 prominent cases of data breaches from 2012 to 2015, which highlight vulnerabilities in typical organizations.

Get an outline of data privacy laws.
Walk away with some guiding principles for how to stay out of trouble.
Knowing how to hack a colleague's password will raise some ethical questions. Justify your decisions in the course exam.

Module 1:
- An overview of privacy laws in Canada
- Case Study: Student loans data breach (Canada) - A breach involving the personal information of about more than half a million clients of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and 250 departmental employees
Module 2:
- An overview of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
- Case Study: Target Corp. (USA) - A data breach involving information on 40 million payment cards (i.e., credit, debit, and ATM cards) and personally identifiable information (PII) on 70 million customers
Module 3
- Dr. Ann Cavoukian's 7 Foundational Principles of 'Privacy by Design'
- Case Study: Think W3 (UK) - A data breach involving 1.2 million credit and debit card details
- Case Study: Doritex Corp. (USA) - A data breach exposed the social security numbers of over 500 job applicants
Module 4
- Data breaches and passwords
- Case Study: Home Depot (USA) - A data breach estimated to have put payment card information at risk for approximately 56 million unique payment cards
- Class Participation Questionnaire