The Graduate Certificate in Privacy Law & Cyber Security prepares professionals with skills needed to interpret and respond to increasingly
complex privacy rules. Courses cover current laws and practices that impact privacy
rights, development of privacy laws and norms, and cyber security issues.
A Certificate in Privacy Law & Cyber Security can be completed in 24 weeks and will
be awarded upon completion of three courses.
Each course takes eight weeks to complete, and you may take them in any order you
choose.
Courses offered are:
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Students will learn to:
- Evaluate the current legal framework for consumer privacy protection in the United
States
- Identify key challenges for individual consumers in controlling access to, and use
of, their personal information
- Examine the effectiveness and enforceability of consumer privacy policies
- Contrast the advantages and disadvantages of “opt in” versus “opt out” models of privacy
protection
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Students will learn to:
- Identify key sources of law applicable to the Internet as a decentered, community-standards
focused network system
- Assess risks to cybersecurity from mismanagement, crime, terrorism, and war
- Evaluate proposed changes in the law related to cybersecurity and assess their implications
for the industry and civil society
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Students will learn to:
- Apply the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to different
business practices and technologies
- Incorporate key principles of European human rights law into an analysis of data protection
practices and policies
- Anticipate future directions in the evolution of European data protection and information
privacy law
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Students will learn to:
- Evaluate how complex privacy regulations apply to particular types of financial institutions
and transactions
- Recognize triggers for the various disclosures, notices, and reports required by the
major statutory regimes
- Asses potential legal liability stemming from privacy and security breaches and design
appropriate responses
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Students will learn to:
- Evaluate and determine whether a given authorization, privacy policy or business associate
agreement complies with HIPAA
- Identify and articulate the potential enforcement methods and outcomes and the requirements
for breach notification
- Assess and critique the regulatory choices made under HIPAA
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Students will learn to:
- Define the categories of laws that protect workplace privacy, and the limits inherent
in their application to questions of employee privacy rights
- Advise employers about how to craft effective privacy policies and when, and how,
to obtain effective consent from employees to monitoring
- Evaluate the approaches of courts and legislatures in different jurisdictions to creating
an acceptable level of workplace privacy
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View Complete Course Information in the University Catalogue →
The Seton Hall University Catalogue is the definitive source for up-to-date course
offerings and degree requirements.
Materials for online financial services compliance courses are drawn from statutory
and regulatory texts, judicial decisions, and expert commentary. Through a series
of multimedia presentations, guided discussions, and individually supervised writing
projects, students learn to interpret legal documents and assess their business implications.
All of our Graduate Certificate courses within the privacy law program offer intensive,
individualized feedback, as well as an opportunity to develop the practical skills
necessary to research and communicate effectively about the law.
All nine credits earned in the online graduate certificate program can be applied
towards the Master of Legal Studies degree.
We offer our graduate privacy law certificate programs during our spring, summer and
fall semesters. New course sessions begin five times per year. Review our admissions requirements and apply to the program here.
*No entrance exam is required for admission.
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