OASV4500 Privacy and Data Protection Law Course description

Alle virksomheter - både i privat og offentlig sektor - behandler personopplysninger i mindre eller større grad. Det kan være opplysninger om ansatte, borgere, brukere, kunder, pasienter, leverandører, samarbeidspartnere, osv. Personopplysningslovgivning omhandler regler alle som vil behandle personopplysninger må følge, og har bestemmelser som gir rettigheter for individer det behandles personopplysninger om (de registrerte).

Emnet tar utgangspunkt i personvernrett (privacy law), herunder rett til ivaretakelse av personlig integritet, privatliv, selvbestemmelse (autonomi) og selvutfoldelse. Deretter behandles personopplysningsvern (data protection law), dvs. regler og standarder for behandling av personopplysninger som har ivaretakelse av personvern som hovedmål.

Emnet omhandler de følgende temaene: grunnleggende krav for behandling av personopplysninger; de registrertes rettigheter; krav til informasjonssikkerhet, internkontroll, risikobasert tilnærming og vurdering av personvernkonsekvenser; plikter for behandlingsansvarlige og databehandlere; personvernombudets rolle; overføring til tredjeland; Datatilsynets og europeiske myndigheters roller, og sanksjonsregler. Det legges vekt på europeiske og norske regler og da særlig EUs Personvernforordningen/GDPR (2016/679) og norsk implementering av forordningen.

Ingen

Studenten skal etter å ha fullført emnet ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten har

• inngående kunnskap i EUs regelverk knyttet til behandling av personopplysning og implementering i Norge
• inngående kunnskap i personvernrettslige grunnprinsipper, sentrale begreper, roller og plikter, og de registrertes rettigheter
• evne til å problematisere forhold til forvaltningsloven og offentlighetsloven

Ferdigheter

Studenten kan

• identifisere, systematisere og formulere personvernrettslige spørsmål
• problematisere og drøfte sentrale teoretiske personvernrettslige problemsstillinger
• anvende aktuelle personvernrettslige regler på praktiske problemsstillinger

Generell kompetanse

Studenten kan

• anvende kunnskaper og ferdigheter på nye områder for å gjennomføre avanserte arbeidsoppgaver og prosesser
• formidle og beherske fagområdets uttrykksformer

The master's thesis is worth 30 credits, which constitutes a part-time workload over two semesters or full-time workload of about five months. The master's thesis is an independent scientific work. Students will choose and elucidate a topic from the subject areas covered by the programme through systematic use of social science methods. The research question may be linked to the student's own experiences.

To be able to start on the master's thesis, the student must have passed MSL4200 Research Methods and Theory of Science.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge of a specialised field of public management, primarily in the public sector
• in-depth knowledge of theories relevant to the topic of the master's thesis
• in-depth insight into a topic or phenomenon from several different perspectives
• insight into academic requirements for analysis and written work

Skills

The student is capable of

• carrying out a limited research project under supervision and in accordance with applicable standards of research ethics
• using relevant methods in report work and evaluations
• writing a text with the strucure and content required of a master¿s thesis

General competence

The student is capable of

• reading research literature in a critical and reflective manner
• evaluating the use of methods in and results of studies and evaluations
• communicating knowledge and own research results orally and in writing
• applying knowledge and skills in obtaining and using relevant sources, literature and other information, masters reference and quotation techniques, and is capable of defining what constitutes plagiarism and cheating

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

Coursework 1: A project plan of 3 - 5 pages must be approved before work on the master's thesis begins. The project plan must include the research question and plans for the thesis.;

Coursework 2: Participation in a method seminar in the autumn semester and an test trial oral examination, including assessment of a fellow student, in the spring semester.;

Coursework 3: Four of the individual supervision hours are compulsatory.;

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam.

The exam in the course is submission of the master's thesis and an oral exam.;The master's thesis can be submitted individually or students can work and submit the thesis in pairs.;

The master's thesis must have a scope of 16,000 words +/- 10 %. Font and font size: Arial / Calibri 12 points. Line spacing: 1.5. The table of contents, foreword, abstract, reference list and appendixes come in addition to this.;When students work in pairs, the students must submit a written declaration on submission describing the division of work between them.

Oral exam If the master's thesis is considered passed, an oral exam is conducted. In the oral examination, the candidate(s) receive a thorough oral feedback on the master's thesis, and otherwise the oral examination consists of a professional conversation about the thesis. The length of the oral exam varies, but usually lasts 30-40 minutes.;;

The oral exam provides an opportunity for adjusting the grade of the master's thesis up or down one grade. The final grade will be included on the Diploma.;When two students write together, they also have a joint oral presentation and oral exam. It is expected that the two students contribute equally in the oral exam.

Students are allowed to submit a new or revised master's thesis once if they are awarded a fail grade. A reworked version of the thesis must be submitted within the given deadline. The student has a right to one additional supervision session before the new submission. A student will not be allowed to submit a new master's thesis in the same programme if a pass grade has already been awarded.

If the student appeals against the grade, a new committee will be appointed and the master's thesis will be re-assessed. If the grade is changed, a new oral exam will be held.

The master's thesis must be submitted electronically. The student must sign a publication agreement in connection with submission to allow the thesis to be published and made publicly available. If the student consents to this, all non-restricted master's theses awarded a pass grade will be published in ODA, the university's digital knowledge archive.

Grade scale A-F

All master's theses;are assessed by one internal and one external examiner, including the oral exam.