IN9540 – Privacy by Design

Changes in the course due to coronavirus

Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 the exams of most courses at the MN Faculty will be conducted as digital home exams or oral exams, using the normal grading scale. The semester page for your course will be updated with any changes in the form of examination.

Please note that there may be changes in the form of examination for some courses taught Spring 2021. We aim to bring both the course description and the semester page of all courses up to date with correct information by 1 February 2021.

See general guidelines for examination at the MN Faculty autumn 2020.

Course content

Privacy by Design is a fundamental requirement of the GDPR for all systems operating on personal information. This course provides an introduction to privacy and data protection legislation including the GDPR, privacy enhancing technologies, privacy management, designing for privacy, and privacy patterns in software design.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you will:

• have knowledge of basic legal privacy concepts and data protection regulations
• have knowledge of security and privacy enhancing technologies
• have knowledge of concepts of privacy by design and privacy impact assessment
• have knowledge of principles of architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns
• be able to map legal privacy principles to technical privacy concepts
• be able to relate security and privacy goals to mechanisms and technologies
• be able to apply privacy by design and perform privacy impact assessments
• be able to apply appropriate architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns
• critically identify ethical issues in data processing

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

Max. 50 students (IN5540 and IN9540 together), ranked accordingly for those with the course in an approved study plan:

1. PhD-students at IFI
2. Master-students at Informatics: Programming and System Architecture, programme option Information Security
3. Master-students at Informatics: Programming and System Architecture, other programme options
4. Master-studenter at other master programmes at IFI

Recommended previous knowledge

General knowledge about information security (e.g. IN2120) and system design (e.g. IN1030)

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with IN5540 – Privacy by Design.

Teaching

2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group work per week

Examination

Home assignments and presentation counts 40% toward the final grade, with a final written digital exam counts 60%

Both exams must be passed in the same semester

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

Special examination arrangements, use of sources, explanations and appeals

See more about examinations at UiO