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RES.TLL-008 | Fall 2022 | Non-Credit

# Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC)

> Related Topics: Privacy and Surveillance, Law and Policy

Author: Dwai Banerjee

Keywords: privacy; AI; surveillance; data ethics

Module Goals:

- To find overlaps and differences in the experience of students learning about their right to privacy
- To discuss whether they believe existing rights to be adequate
- To examine whether current ethical standards (such as those instituted by the GDPR) sufficiently protect their rights (as they exist or as they believe should exist).

### Resources

“Big Data and Personal Privacy” Exercise and Discussion Guide (PDF) (DOCX)

### Additional Reading:

Sarah Valentine. 2019. “Impoverished Algorithms: Misguided Governments, Flawed Technologies, and Social Control.” 46 Fordham Urb. L.J. 364.

Boyd, Danah, and Kate Crawford. 2012. “Critical Questions for Big Data.” Information, Communication & Society 15(5): 662–679.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Prof. Julie Shah
- Prof. David Kaiser

##### Departments

- Supplemental Resources

##### As Taught In

Fall 2022

##### Level

Non-Credit

##### Topics

- Engineering
  - Computer Science
    - Artificial Intelligence
- Teaching and Education
  - Curriculum and Teaching
  - Higher Education

##### Learning Resource Types

notes Lecture Notes
co_present Instructor Insights
assignment Multiple Assignment Types

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