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OCSE5614: Data Privacy: Theory and Practice
2025 unit information
With unprecedented ability and opportunities to collect personal data or information, privacy has become an essential aspect of cybersecurity. Many industries have experienced intentional and unintentional privacy breaches in the last few years. As such, the general public is also becoming aware of the value of protecting their digital privacy, while regulatory authorities are introducing new privacy regulations and guidelines. This unit provides theoretical, design and practical skills that are required to design and deploy privacy preserving technologies to protect user privacy in collection, computation and management of data. Emphasis is placed on practical implications of privacy preserving technologies with examples and perspectives from industry.
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Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Computer Science |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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CSEC5614 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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CSEC5616 or OCSE5616 or ELEC5616 or INFO3616 or INFO2222 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand fundamental data privacy concepts including the importance in the digital age, K-Anonymity, anonymization, de-identification, pseudonymization, and understand their limitations and effectiveness in protecting individuals' privacy.
- LO2. Identify and analyze key data privacy legislation: GDPR and its impact on organizations and individuals. And explore the role of data governance in ensuring privacy and compliance within organizations.
- LO3. Evaluate risks to data privacy in case studies and real-world scenarios and develop risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
- LO4. Apply privacy-by-design principles: Ensure privacy is considered from the outset in system, product, and service development.
- LO5. Assess impact of emerging technologies on data privacy: AI, IoT, and explore associated challenges and solutions.
- LO6. Analyze data protection frameworks: Privacy impact assessments, policies, and their role in safeguarding privacy rights and compliance.
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PG Online Session 1A 2025
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Online | Online Program |
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PG Online Session 2A 2025
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Online | Online Program |
Outline unavailable
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