The course is aimed at exploring public issues related to the right to privacy, with a special focus on the role played by independent administrative authorities (especially the Data Protection Authority).
Upon completion of the course, the student will have acquired useful knowledge on the following topics: origin, recognition and development of the right to privacy and related rights; role of authorities within the Italian institutional system; regulatory acts of authorities in the Italian legal system; overview of the functioning of the Competition Authority, the Authority for Communications, the Data Protection Authority, and the National Anti-Corruption Authority; the General Data Protection Regulation, the Italian Data Protection Code, and the Role of the Data Protection Authority regarding to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence; codes of conduct and ethics rules after d. lgs. n°101/2018; legislation on data processing related to the exercise of public authority; protection of biometric, generic and health data.
The course is also meant to enable students to confront the open issues related to the abovementioned topics, in order to develop their habit of critical reasoning and analysis of complex and novel legal issues.