Computers, privacy and the law
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Computers, privacy and the law

Issued by Jisc

The course provides an introduction to the privacy and legal issues that arise when designing and operating shared computers, networks and services. Systems that do not respect users’ privacy are unlikely to be trusted: to avoid this, organisations need to understand when their actions may be seen as invading privacy, reduce such actions as far as possible, and have a clear justification for those that remain.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • The course uses situations that occur frequently in universities and colleges to discuss how to determine when privacy may be affected, when this may be necessary, and how it can be minimised.  Attending the course should help you develop your own systems, processes and policies that respect privacy and provide reliable and trustworthy services.
  • This course consists of 3 participative live online sessions with short offline assignments to be completed between each session. This learner has attended all 3 sessions and completed each element within each individual session:
  • Session 1: Orientation & Understanding Privacy
  • Session 2: Improving Privacy
  • Session 3: Next steps & review
  • This participant has demonstrated they have met these outcomes by:
  • Taking part in all activities.
  • Being fully engaged in interactions.
  • Contributing to discussions.