TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) 1. will have a general grounding in the Turkish, European and international regulations relating to communications, data and information technology
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	Privacy and its legal protection, The Concept of Privacy and the Right of Privacy, The Definition and Value of Privacy, Privacy and the Media, Public Disclosure of Private Facts. Dissemination of false or misleading information. Healt and Genetic Privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy, Records of Innocent Parties, Police Records. Privacy of Associations, Anonymity, and Identification. Privacy, Records and Computer Databases. Privacy at home, School, and work. International Privacy Law
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The information society in Community law 2nd Week Privacy as a "citizen's right" in the information society. 3rd Week Community trends on matters of privacy, electronic communications, copyright. 4th Week The privacy code as point of convergence of the current trends. 5th Week Fundamental principles of the privacy code. 6th Week Subjective roles, duties, rights of the parties concerned. 7th Week Trade-off between privacy, public security, economic initiative. 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Intersections between the privacy code and other regulations. 10th Week Electronic communications. 11th Week Journalism, the press, publishing. 12th Week Copyright. 13th Week Electronic commerce. 14th Week Advertising.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	"Information Technology Law: The law and society",Andrew Murray, Oxford University Press, 2010.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 5 10 Project 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No