DHP P237M/CS250-09: Privacy in the Digital Age

Professor Susan Landau
Offices: Fletcher: Mugar 251D; Halligan: 241
Email: susan.landau@tufts.edu
Phone: 617-627-4792

Admin: Tina Cottle tina.cottle@tufts.edu

Office Hours (spring 2018):

Mondays 2:00-3:00 Halligan 241
Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 Mugar 251D (Fletcher)

Course description: This module will provide an introduction to the threats to and protections for privacy in the digital age, examining public and private sector threats, and looking at issues from an international point of view. Topics to be covered include privacy threat models, location tracking and first and third party collection by private parties, government threats to privacy, and privacy protective technologies.

Enrollment requirements: No programming background needed, but a willingness to, and interest in, playing with digital tools is required.

Course schedule: This course will meet weekly on Tuesdays 3:20-5:20 for the first half of the 2018 spring term, January 23—February 27.

Please also see course syllabus and policies.