LAW5343 · Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governance

Overview

The emergence of increasingly pervasive data-driven technologies, including artificial intelligence and big data analytics, has placed renewed attention on privacy and surveillance in contemporary society. This unit explores and critiques the complex patchwork of common law and statutory regimes that protect privacy interests and regulate surveillance in Australia. The unit also examines the regulatory and policy debates on the appropriate role of data protection and related laws in facilitating the development of new data-driven technologies and guarding against the potential harms arising from their use. It also compares the Australian regimes with the approaches adopted or discussed overseas, including particularly the European Union.

Offerings

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Assessment

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Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Apply knowledge and understanding Australian laws which regulate surveillance and privacy with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning;
2. Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to privacy and surveillance and their regulation;
3. Conduct research on the regulation of surveillance and privacy based on knowledge of appropriate research principle and methods; and
4. Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to privacy and surveillance and their regulation.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit typically comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study applicable to a 6 credit point unit. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning, and online engagement.

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