Context and background of European data protection law; data protection terminology, principles and rules; data subjects’ rights and their enforcement; international data transfer and flows of personal data; specific types of data and their relevant protection rules; modern challenges in personal data protection (big data, algorithms and artificial intelligence); data and contracts on line.

C. Giakoumopoulos - G. Buttarelli – M. O’Flaherty, Handbook on European data protection law, 2018 edition, EU publications; (and)-Handouts provided by the teacher.