Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
offered by LSE

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1900

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
at
LSE
Overview

Gain the skills to navigate and critically analyse the changing legal environment that is shaping data, law and policy

Duration	6 weeks
Total fee	₹2.24 Lakh
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
at
LSE
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from The London School of Economics and Political Science

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
at
LSE
Course details

Skills you will learn

Competition Law

Who should do this course?

For Business professionals
For Regulators, policy makers, risk officers, lawyers, data protection officers, and compliance officers
For Technology managers and business leaders looking to gain practical insights to apply to current data protection regulations

What are the course deliverables?

Develop your knowledge in three core areas: Datafication and the law; regulation of and by algorithms; and rethinking data governance
Assess the key concepts of the data protection framework, how the framework applies to regulation, and the values underpinning it
Contextualise foundational theoretical concepts related to technology regulation and the challenges that digitisation poses
Explore possible policy solutions to the future of data regulation
Compile a briefing paper assessing an aspect of the intersection between data protection and competition law

More about this course

You'll develop the skills to think critically about the intersection of technology, law and policy, by engaging with topical case studies and data protection regulations, including the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Data: Law, Policy and Regulation online certificate course from LSE employs a socio-legal lense to empower you with an understanding of the changing legal environment shaping data law and policy
This course draws on the strengths of the department's innovative research and academic excellence to immerse you in topical legal debates about data protection, applicable regardless of your geographical or jurisdictional context
This course is applicable to professionals from various contexts who are eager to understand the core legal concepts and debates surrounding data protection law and algorithmic regulation

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
at
LSE
Curriculum

Module 1

Digitisation and its challenges for regulation

Module 2

Data as an asset, data as a right

Module 3

Algorithmic regulation

Module 4

Algorithmic profiling under the GDPR

Module 5

Property rights in data

Module 6

Dominance and data

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation
at
LSE
Faculty details

Professor Andrew Murray, Professor of Law

Andrew is a recognised global expert in information technology law and regulation and leads the LSE Department of Law's Law, Technology and Society research group. Andrew's principal research interests lie in regulatory design within cyberspace, particularly the role of non-state actors, the protection and promotion of human rights within the digital environment and the promotion of proprietary interests in the digital sphere, encompassing both intellectual property rights and traditional property models.

Associate Professor Orla Lynskey, Associate Professor of Law

Orla Lynskey is an Associate Professor, having joined LSE Law in 2012 and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of data protection, technology regulation, digital rights and EU law. She holds an LLB (Law and French) from Trinity College Dublin, an LLM in EU Law from the College of Europe (Bruges) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Prior to completing her doctorate, she worked as an academic assistant at the College of Europe (Bruges) and in public and private competition law practice in Brussels.