The aim:
1. Students develop the understanding of the current role of data protection with a special emphasis on criminal justice.
2. Students gain the knowledge about the basic legal sources dedicated to the protection of privacy.
3. Students gain the knowledge abut the concepts of data protection in the different system of human rights protection.
4. Students learn about the different approaches to data privacy with a special emphasis on criminal justice.
5. Students gain the knowledge about the development of data protection law and the current jurisprudence with a special emphasis on criminal law.

Acquired knowledge:
1. Student knows the basic legal acts in international law dedicated to data protection.
2. Student knows the basic terms, definitions and principles of data protection law.
3. Student knows and understands the mechanisms of the system of data protection in international law.

Acquired skills:
1. Student is able to identify the legal provisions in the framework of the data protection law.
2. Student is able to interpret and evaluate the basic problems in case law involving data protection and access to information.
3. Student is able to identify the data protection principles and evaluate the mechanisms of data protection and protection of privacy.

Acquired social skills:
1. Student is able to present publicly the outcomes of his/her expertise.
2. Student is able to take a part in preparation of the projects or social/legal initiatives related to the data protection.
3. Student is able to analyse critically the cases related to data protection and the right to privacy.

Course contents: 
1. Data protection law – goals and key concepts.
2. Data protection law – key principles and rules in international and European law.
3. Data protection in relation to the right to privacy and the freedom of speech.
4. Data protection in the European Union.
5. General Data Protection Regulation – content and basic principles.
6. Privacy policy – definition, basic features.
7. Data protection in the context of criminal justice.
8. The processing of personal data for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences.
9. Data protection and new technologies in the context of criminal law.
10. Data protection and privacy rights in the workplace.
11. Current and future challenges in data protection law.

Recommended reading: 
1. Handbook on the Data Protection Law, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, Publications Office of the European Union. Luxemburg 2018.

Additional reading: 
1. The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice, M. Tonry, Oxford University Press. Oxford 2011.
2. Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, D. Harris, M. O’Boyle, E. Bates, C. Buckley, Oxford University Press.. Oxford 2014.