Privacy, Security and Ethical aspects of Data
MSc Data Science 2020-2021, University Cote d'Azur
Instructor: Nataliia Bielova
C1. Introduction to Privacy and GDPR
An introduction to the concept of privacy, and main concepts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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C2. Introduction to Web Tracking technologies
Web tracking technologies: first- and third-party cookies, cookie synching and respawning, browser fingerprinting.
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C3. Fingerprinting, GDPR legal basis and special categories of Data
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- Browser Fingerprinting: A Survey. Pierre Laperdrix, Nataliia Bielova, Benoit Baudry and Gildas Avoine. ACM Transactions on the Web, 2020.
- Hiding in the Crowd: an Analysis of the Effectiveness of Browser Fingerprinting at Large Scale Alejandro Gómez-Boix, Pierre Laperdrix, Benoit Baudry.
The Web Conference, 2018.
- To Extend or not to Extend: on the Uniqueness of Browser Extensions and Web Logins. G.G. Gulyás, D. F. Some, N. Bielova and C. Castelluccia. WPES@ACM CCS 2018.
- Are cookie banners indeed compliant with the law? Deciphering EU legal requirements on consent and technical means to verify compliance of cookie banners. Cristiana Santos, Nataliia Bielova and Célestin Matte. Accepted for publication at International Journal on Technology and Regulation, 2020.
C4. Dark patterns & GDPR rights
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C5. Automated Decision Making & Profiling, Targeted advertising and Algorithmic bias
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- Protection from Web tracking
C6. Research on online tracking and GDPR violations
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Evaluation
Evaluation consists of two parts:
- 30% from a small project on consent
- 70% from a big project on GDPR compliance (work in groups)
Information on project on GDPR compliance:
- Projects and assigning of students to groups can be found here: PDF
- Deadline for submittion of projects (1 PDF for report + 1 PDF for presentation): 7 January 23:59 CEST
- Presentation of projects: 8 January (see a slot for your group in the project description).