{"id":75595,"date":"2020-11-30T16:16:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=75595"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:39:57","slug":"privacy-and-technology-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/explore-your-options\/privacy-and-technology-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy and Technology Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BU Law is at the leading edge of the study and practice of privacy and technology law, with strong ties to the university\u2019s new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Computing &amp; Data Sciences<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> degree program. BU Law faculty have been instrumental in the program\u2019s creation; for several years, they have jointly taught a course, Law of Algorithms, that explores the challenges of regulating automated decision-making systems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BU Law also offers a unique clinic focused on intellectual property and privacy and technology law: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/bu-mit-student-innovations-law-clinic\/\">BU\/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. In this clinic, law students work with entrepreneurs from BU and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on legal and regulatory issues. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The curriculum also offers introductory and advanced courses on privacy and technology law, including many taught by preeminent practitioners in the field. One course, Information Risk Management, prepares students to work in the age of Big Data, with a focus on security, privacy, and data breach prevention. Other courses cover topics including cybersecurity, trade secrets, and creative and innovative economies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LLM students can delve deeper into technology-related law with an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/llm-masters-degrees\/intellectual-property-law\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LLM in Intellectual Property Law<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or, through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/llm-masters-degrees\/american-law\/concentrations\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LLM in American Law<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> program, a concentration in the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2019\/05\/Intellectual-Property-Guidance-Memo.pdf\" class=\"button-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Course Selection Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Law is at the leading edge of the study and practice of privacy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6977,"featured_media":109117,"parent":89808,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75595"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115712,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75595\/revisions\/115712"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=75595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}