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Privacy in the USA
IEISAbout This Course
Enhance your understanding of privacy laws with our focused course on American Privacy Law, a natural progression after completing "Privacy in the Western World." This course is designed to give you a comprehensive view of how privacy is protected within the American legal framework.The course begins by examining the constitutional protection afforded by the 4th Amendment, which acts as a critical safeguard against unwarranted governmental intrusion. Further, you will explore a range of consumer protection laws that encompass various sectors like health and finance. Additionally, the course details specific laws designed to protect the privacy of multiple forms of communication, including mobile telephony, e-mail, and online searches.
Upon successful completion, you will be well-prepared to understand and follow ongoing legal developments in the American context of privacy protection. Elevate your understanding of privacy in the American context. Enroll today to get started.
Prof.mr.dr. Jan Smits
Bio
Jan Smits is an emeritus Full Professor and held the Chair of Law and Technology in the Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences department at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His areas of expertise include telecommunication engineering, interdisciplinary branches of law and political science. During the first fifteen years of his appointment, Jan Smits’ research mainly focused on (mobile) telecommunication and digital TV. In the last decade, his focus has been on privacy protection and information security. He found that non-technical disciplines have a difficult time at a Technical University, because they are not core disciplines for an engineer. However, it is precisely the humanities and social sciences that can provide colour and richness to the engineering programs. Technology and Law touch each other in many places in society: self-driving cars, smartphones, cloud services, medical equipment, privacy protection and computercriminalty, for example. But in the area of technical standardization not lawyers, but engineers make 'laws'.