Data, Ethics and Law

Education facts

Code: 1DL002

The widespread use of digital data in society in combination with very powerful tools for its analysis leads to a number of ethical issues. The discipline of data science also raises several legal issues. You should develop the skill of identifying the relevant legal regulations. How can we make a legal analysis about whether different tools in data science comply with the legislation? What are the differences and overlapping between the protection of personal data and the protection of personal privacy? How is intellectual property protected, e.g. how do you legally protect a machine learning tool? How has data science as a whole affected the development of legislation and why, namely, what interests have become important to protect because of the new possibilities to process data? How do you balance the interests of the different actors? And, how do you solve liability issues? The course introduces relevant ethical theories and provides a background in legal aspects.

Entry requirements

140 credits including 75 credits in mathematics and computer science of which at least 15 credits in computer science. Alternatively 45hp in the Master's Programme in Language Technology (HSP2M). Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Data, Ethics and Law

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 33 %