GDPR in Business Field of study: International Business Law and Arbitration
Programme code: 07-S2LA19.2019

Module name: GDPR in Business
Module code: IBLA-BL-GDPRB
Programme code: 07-S2LA19.2019
Semester:
  • winter semester 2025/2026
  • winter semester 2024/2025
  • winter semester 2023/2024
  • winter semester 2022/2023
  • winter semester 2021/2022
  • winter semester 2020/2021
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
The GDPR in Business course aims to familiarize students with the objectives, principles and protective mechanisms used within the legal regulation of personal data protection in the European Union. The protection of personal data is a field of knowledge at the interface between information, administrative, economic and legal sciences. The course offers the students an opportunity to learn the following key issues: development of the idea of personal data protection, European standards for personal data protection, subjective and objective scope of personal data protection, principles of personal data processing, personal data controller duties, the data subject's right, remedies, liability and penalties. The aim of the course is primarily to familiarize students with the standards of personal data protection and to teach them practical skills in the implementation of personal data protection obligations. Upon successful completion of the GDPR in Business course, the International Business Law and Arbitration graduates will be prepared to perform various social roles on the market (entrepreneurs, consumers) to the extent that they will exercise their rights and perform duties related to the processing of personal information.
Prerequisites:
None.
Key reading:
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) - EOJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Has a structured theoretical knowledge of personal data protection in the European Union, and in particular of: sources of law (including the place and role of EU regulations and international agreements concluded by the EU with third countries or other international organizations in the field of personal data protection) and freedoms within Common Market. [GDPRB_1]
 IBLA_W09 [4/5]
Knows and understands the importance of the right to privacy with regard to the protection of personal data in the course of business. Understands what the so-called corporate social responsibility is. Correctly defines the consumer's rights and knows how to protect them. [GDPRB_2]
 IBLA_W12 [4/5]
Has the ability to assess the risks associated with the processing of personal data (especially in the field of business) in the context of their relationship with the law - can interpret them in a creative manner taking into account the principles of legal logic, predicts possible positions in the matter and proposes his or her own. [GDPRB_3]
 IBLA_U03 [3/5]
As regards the requirements in the field of personal data protection, is able to find and comply with procedures required by law. [GDPRB_4]
 IBLA_U10 [4/5]
Has the ability to carry out a critical analysis of events, phenomena and social situations related to the processing of personal data in business. Is able to identify and assess individual and collective interests of individual entities of this activity. [GDPRB_5]
 IBLA_K02 [3/5]
Aware of the dynamic development of new technologies in the field of personal data processing, is ready to learn throughout his or her life - when the need arises, can complete, update or expand his or her knowledge and develop skills in this field. [GDPRB_6]
 IBLA_K08 [4/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Exam [GDPRB_w_1]
The student answers questions asked by the examiner. Questions are structured to verify student's knowledge and skills.
 GDPRB_1 GDPRB_2 GDPRB_3 GDPRB_4
Group work [GDPRB_w_2]
Students prepare solutions to problems posed by the teacher (e.g. solving case studies).
 GDPRB_3 GDPRB_4 GDPRB_5 GDPRB_6
Discussion [GDPRB_w_3]
As part of a round table conversation, the instructor and students discuss a problem formulated by the instructor.
 GDPRB_1 GDPRB_2 GDPRB_3 GDPRB_4 GDPRB_5 GDPRB_6
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [GDPRB_fs]
Lecture supported by a Power Point presentation and supplemented with elements of group work and a round table discussion.
 16
Work with indicated literature on the subject, legal acts and jurisprudence aimed at unassisted acquisition of knowledge and searching for solutions to problems indicated in the lecture.
 34 Exam [GDPRB_w_1] Group work [GDPRB_w_2] Discussion [GDPRB_w_3]
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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