LAW655E

040497

We live in the age of big data. Our phones, our wallets, our watches, and our cars spew out digital breadcrumbs about our lives. This data turns out to be quite valuable, and a number of governmental and commercial bodies now sort, aggregate, interpret, and monetize these digital scraps. For many of us, this data exchange has become a regular feature of life in the 21st century - a feature with significant benefits and significant costs. How should judges and legislators respond to this explosion of data? This course will examine some of the legal implications of the rise of big data, including implications for: consumer privacy; medical ethics; criminal law; international law; and intelligence gathering (in the U.S. and abroad). Each week will feature a prompt - such as 'should Congress require internet companies to maintain the ability to decrypt their encrypted data?' or 'should the 4th Amendment apply to data stored abroad?' - and a related set of readings.

GRD - Regular Plus/Minus Grades A, B, C, D, E

Law