ICT and Data-related contracts

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We live in the “Big Data Era”, which is characterised by the so called “Data gold rush”.  This means that large amounts of different types of data are produced from multiple sources and exchanged between several parties on a daily basis at high speed requiring increasingly powerful processors and algorithms to process and to effectively analyse them. Not all of this information is personal, but businesses and governments are more and more using big data to understand, predict and shape human behaviour. Big data is therefore putting strain on not only privacy and data protection, but other fundamental rights including freedom of expression and non-discrimination. Contracts are becoming increasingly relevant to regulate business models based on data and also to allocate privacy roles (e.g. controllerprocessor, joint-controllership) and the relevant compliance duties and obligations. This course will familiarise the students with the technology deployed and typical business models based on data analysis and data sharing of ICT services. We will discuss phenomena like cloud computing, big data,
149 analytics, internet of things, online behavioural advertising, programmatic advertising, data management platform etc. Moreover, students will learn how ICT and data related contracts are typically structured. During the course, legal issues and solutions concerning privacy, data security, contractual, consumer protection and intellectual property matters will also be discussed providing a multidisciplinary approach to the subject matter.