MLL444 - Privacy and Data Law
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | to be confirmed |
| Previously: | Data Law, Privacy and Cybercrime |
| Cohort rule: | For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only |
| Prerequisite: | Must have completed 8 law units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | MLM735 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Pre-recorded lecture up to a maximum of 1.5 hours per week, and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Inquiries into Australia's digital landscape have highlighted the importance of strong data protections to counter abuses of power, promote competition, and improve social welfare. Many of these inquiries also identify an increasing surveillance of people's lives by 'big tech'. This unit provides an introduction to the laws affecting data and privacy, and addresses the problems raised by modern practices. Topics covered in the unit include: introduction to data law; consumer data rights; data sharing and release laws; data regulation; introduction to privacy law; privacy law principles; data law and privacy -future trends.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply relevant law and underlying policy to issues relating to privacy and data law. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify problems, and devise solutions and courses of action, in relation to privacy and data law. | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Conduct legal research, and analyse and evaluate policy and emerging legal issues, relating to privacy and data law. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Articulate legal aspects of privacy and data law to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Research) | 2000 words | 50% | Week 7 |
| End-of-unit assessment task: Written | 2000 words | 50% | End-of-unit assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MLL444 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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