CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath ERNUpath WIusually offered: fallBostonTraditional
Describes the legal and ethical issues associated with information security including access, use, and dissemination. Emphasizes legal infrastructure relating to information assurance, such as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and Telecommunications Decency Act, and emerging technologies for management of digital rights. Examines the role of information security in various domains such as healthcare, scientific research, and personal communications such as email. Examines criminal activities such as computer fraud and abuse, desktop forgery, embezzlement, child pornography, computer trespass, and computer piracy.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 29 | 49 | 59% | 20.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 39 | 50 | 78% | 11.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: S (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Kyle Courtney (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Kyle Courtney (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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