DATA3790 Privacy and identity technology project Course description

The student will carry out a project in the field of data protection and identity technology, preferably in collaboration with a relevant IT company, individually or in a group of up to five students. The aim is to provide the students with an introduction to data protection and identity technology, while they solve a commercial problem in the form of an extensive project assignment with a work load equivalent to 10 hours a week over a 12-week period. If the project is carried out during the summer, the work must correspond to four days a week over a six-week period.

The increasing use of digital media and internet to solve more and more of our tasks in both our private life and our work life (banking, shopping, health, education, exams, employment, news, tourism etc.), increases the chance of a data breach or misuse of personal information. In order to prevent this and ensure that trust in digital solutions is maintained, we need good data protection. By good data protection we mean that personal data must be treated carefully and used in such a way that it benefits users, customers and employees.

The aim of the new legislation GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is to focus on these issues and demand that all businesses that process personal data have a good data protection system in place, which among other things means that the registered person’s rights are maintained in a secure and reassuring way. These rights are about the right to access, deletion, portability, correction of wrong data and limits to processing. To comply with the strict demands for good personal data protection, it is necessary to have good technical support. This could be technology that supports the identification of persons, process automation, fraud prevention, handling the rights and consent of the data subjects, administration and quality assurance of data processor agreements, internal control support etc.

In addition to the projects on offer, students can find their own projects within a;relevant company, public organization or nonprofit. In this case, it is the student's responsibility to find a supervisor for the project within the external organization. All student-initiated projects must be approved by the course coordinator;before the start of the project.;

Completion of the course requires a placement in the relevant health care environment corresponding to two days a week over a 12-week period.If the project is carried out during the summer, the work must correspond to four days a week over a six-week period.

The elective course will only run if a sufficient number of students a registered.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

The student will carry out a project in Blockchain technology, preferably in collaboration with a relevant IT company, individually or in a group of up to five students. The aim is to provide the students with an introduction to applied Blockchain technology, while they solve a commercial problem in the form of an extensive project assignment with a workload equivalent to 10 hours a week over a 12-week period. If the project is carried out during the summer, the work must correspond to four days a week over a six-week period.

Blockchain is defined as a globally distributed ledger that ensures the digital distribution of assets with a minimal transaction fee and quick processing time. The technology allows for digital information to be distributed and divided, but not copied, ensuring that one individual piece of data only has one owner. An example of this could be spreadsheets, which are duplicated thousands of times across a network of computers. This network can be developed with rules for continually updating the spreadsheets. This is the fundamental essence of Blockchain technology. Students will among other things work on a user case that involves many parties that are dependent on trusting each other in a bigger network/ecosystem.

In addition to the projects on offer, students can find their own projects within a;relevant company, public organization or nonprofit. In this case, it is the student's responsibility to find a supervisor for the project within the external organization. All student-initiated projects must be approved the course coordinator before the start of the project.;

The elective course will only run if a sufficient number of students a registered.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• has a fundamental understanding of Blockchain technology
• has developed an awareness of a number of issues relating to Blockchain technology

Skills

The student:

• is capable of implementing simple;applications of blockchain technology

General competence

The student:

• is capable of applying Blockchain-related technologies or principles to solve problems relevant for business and industry/society.;

The students will work in groups of three to five students by completing a project on Blockchain technology in cooperation with relevant external parties such as businesses or public organisations. The students will be given access to relevant online resources, and receive supervision from an internal and/or external supervisor.

Projects are selected/distributed at the start of the semester.;

The course can be carried out individually by agreement with the course coordinator.

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved in order to prepare for the exam:

• A compulsory Orientation Meeting at the start of the semester.
• A project outline that describes how the group will organise their work on the project.
• A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider / supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by the course coordinator;before the project can start.
• Three meeting minutes from supervisory meetings during the project period.
• An oral mid-term presentation, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

The deadlines for submitting the project outline and minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.;

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.