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Data: Law, Policy and Regulation

London School of Economics and Political Science via GetSmarter

Overview

Develop the expertise to analyse and navigate the evolving legal landscape that is moulding data laws and policies, through acquiring the necessary skills.

On completion of this course, you’ll be empowered to: Develop and contextualise your knowledge of foundational legal principles, and improve your understanding of core debates regarding data governance. Examine traditional regulatory models and how they are being replaced or supplemented by the application of algorithmic, data-driven decision-making. Discover the practical applications and regulatory challenges of algorithmic decision-making. Navigate the changing legal environment that is shaping data law and policy.

Syllabus

  • Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
  • Section I: Datafication and the law
  • Module 1: Digitisation and its challenges for regulation
  • Module 2: Data governance
  • Section II: Regulating data: Between markets and rights
  • Module 3: Data locality
  • Module 4: Data markets
  • Section III: Profiling, AI, and regulation of and by algorithms
  • Module 5: Profiling and GDPR
  • Module 6: AI and algorithmic regulation

Taught by

Dr Damian Clifford and Professor Andrew Murray

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