Data Privacy Fundamentals

Learn about privacy from 5 prominent cases of data breaches from 2012 to 2015, which highlight vulnerabilities in typical organizations.

• Get an outline of data privacy laws.
• Walk away with some guiding principles for how to stay out of trouble.
• Knowing how to hack a colleague's password will raise some ethical questions. Justify your decisions in the course exam.

• Module 1:
  • An overview of privacy laws in Canada
  • Case Study: Student loans data breach (Canada) - A breach involving the personal information of about more than half a million clients of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and 250 departmental employees
  Module 2:
  • An overview of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
  • Case Study: Target Corp. (USA) - A data breach involving information on 40 million payment cards (i.e., credit, debit, and ATM cards) and personally identifiable information (PII) on 70 million customers
  Module 3
  • Dr. Ann Cavoukian's 7 Foundational Principles of 'Privacy by Design'
  • Case Study: Think W3 (UK) - A data breach involving 1.2 million credit and debit card details
  • Case Study: Doritex Corp. (USA) - A data breach exposed the social security numbers of over 500 job applicants
  Module 4
  • Data breaches and passwords
  • Case Study: Home Depot (USA) - A data breach estimated to have put payment card information at risk for approximately 56 million unique payment cards
  • Class Participation Questionnaire