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MLS - Privacy Law and Cyber Security

MLS - Privacy Law and Cyber Security

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Take advantage of the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in an increasingly dynamic area of law with the MLS in Privacy Law and Cyber Security.

This online law degree is designed for professionals at all levels who need to grapple with the implementation of complex privacy rules.

Courses cover current laws and practices that impact privacy rights, and professionals who complete the coursework will be poised to recognize and respond to privacy risks within their organizations. Knowledge of privacy laws and norms, coupled with awareness of cyber security issues, will enable employees to mitigate risk and proactively deal with threats.

This online master’s degree in privacy law and cyber security is offered under the auspices of the newly-developed Institute for Privacy Protection. The Institute focuses on consumer education for privacy protection and on the education of organizations about the privacy issues and legal rules affecting their business operations.

Browse our privacy law courses below. All online courses are designed by a team of Seton Hall Law faculty and industry experts with experience in privacy rights issues and cyber security.

Course Requirements

Course requirements for this degree are listed below. Contact us using the form on this page if you have additional questions or view our admissions requirements here.

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Required Courses

Must take all in sequence.
All courses are offered ONLINE only.

Introduction to Law and Legal Writing

Students will learn to:

  • Identify relevant facts, legal issues, rules of law, and holdings in judicial decisions
  • Assess and apply statutes, regulations, and the common law to select issues
  • Convert legal research and analysis into a precise, accurate, and readable written product
Torts: Liability for Civil Wrongs

Students will learn to:

  • Explain the basic principles underlying the law of negligence
  • Recognize the factors courts consider in determining the causes of a particular outcome
  • Evaluate how a victim’s contribution to his or her injury may affect the determination of liability or damages
Fundamentals of Business Law

Students will learn to:

  • Explain the basic elements of enforceable contracts
  • Recognize the circumstances in which courts will refuse to honor particular agreements
  • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different types of business associations
Constitutional Law Survey

Students will learn to:

  • Explain the role of the Supreme Court in interpreting and enforcing the U.S. Constitution
  • Identify the circumstances in which individuals and organizations can obtain judicial review of potential constitutional violations
  • Assess the implications of the due process clause for laws and policies that affect intimate decisions
  • Evaluate the Supreme Court’s approach to laws that have the purpose or effect of discriminating against individuals on the basis of race, gender, or other characteristics

Core Courses

Must take four courses.
Students may substitute appropriate in-person courses offered at Seton Hall Law School's Newark campus in place of courses listed below with the prior written permission of the Associate Academic Director.

Consumer Data Privacy Law

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
Cybersecurity and Privacy I: Law & Policy

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
Cybersecurity and Privacy II: Compliance & Risk Management

Prerequisite: INDL7550 Cybersecurity I

Students will learn to:

  • Apply industry-leading data security and privacy compliance frameworks to realistic examples
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative cyber risk assessments and transfer cyber risks
  • Prepare for and comply with legal requirements relating to data breaches and other legal process for digital information
EU Data Protection and Privacy Law: The GDPR

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
Financial Privacy Law

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
HIPAA Privacy and Security

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
Workplace Privacy Law

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

Elective Courses

Must take two.
Can be from any of the concentration areas (including corporate law courses above).

View Complete Course Information in the University Catalogue →
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