Protection of Information Rights of a Person
Course: “Law”
Structural unit: Education and Research Law School
Title
Protection of Information Rights of a Person
Code
ВБ.1.8.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
Have specialized conceptual knowledge acquired in the process of studying the ways to protect the information rights of citizens, legal entities and public administration entities. Analyze issues related to the practice of protection of information rights of a person and the place of such rights in the human rights system. Be able to solve complex problems and legal issues of improving national and international practice of different ways of protecting information rights of the individual in accordance with European standards, which requires updating and integration of knowledge, often in incomplete/insufficient information and conflicting requirements. Be able to set and develop strategies and tactics to prove and disprove selected legal positions in order to protect infringes information rights of a party, to determine the nature and jurisdiction of specific cases of information rights infringement of individuals or legal entities based on procedural law of Ukraine.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites for mastering the discipline: 1. To know the main aspects of formation and development of the institute of protection of information rights of a person, its regulation sources, the basic ways of protection of information rights of a person and procedures of their exercise, and also practice of consideration and settlement of information disputes under the legislation of Ukraine. 2. Be able to determine the tasks of the institute of protection of information rights of a person in the information society, analyze the causes of information and legal conflicts, provide a general description, and based on Ukrainian legislation and case law choose the best ways to protect information rights and freedoms. 3. To have basic skills in preparing draft procedural documents for the protection of information rights of a person, taking into account the peculiarities of the practical situation and with the help of legal methods to resolve disputes arising in the information area.
Course content
The following issues are revealed in the study of the discipline according to the principle of architecture: 1) general principles of formation and development of the institute of protection of information rights of a person; 2) legal forms and methods of protection of information rights of a person; 3) the general mechanism of judicial protection of information rights of a person; 4) extrajudicial forms and methods of protection of information rights of a person; 5) protection of information rights of subjects of legal relations in the area of public information circulation; 6) protection of information rights of subjects of the telecommunications market, consumers of telecommunication services and subjects of activity in the area of software industry; subjects of media relations. New knowledge will be gained on the competence of public administration entities and courts of Ukraine authorized to hear information disputes, case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Zaiarnyi O. A. Extrajudicial forms of protection of information rights of individuals and the main directions of their adaptation to the standards of the European Union. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Legal Studies. 2021. No 4 (119). P. 32–37. 2. Zaiarnyi O. A. Towards the issue on Ukraine’s implementation of its international obligations to establish the institution of information ombudsman: some conceptual and applied aspects. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod National University. Series: Law. 2021. Issue 64. P. 213–219. 3. Zolotar, O. O., Zaitsev, M. M., Topolnitskyi, V. V., Bieliakov, K. I., & Koropatnik, I. M. Prospects and current status of defence information security in Ukraine. Linguistics and Culture Review. 2021. Vol. 5, No S3. P. 513–524. 4. Bem M. V., Gorodisky I. M. Personal data protection: Legal regulation and practical aspects : scientific and practical manual. K. : KIS, 2021. 160 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The study of the discipline includes lectures, seminars; polls (express survey)/testing/essay (reference paper) on the proposed topic; module tests; self-study, individual assignments; credit (exam).
Assessment methods and criteria
Types of ongoing performance evaluation are selected by the teacher who conducts seminars, in consultation with the lecturer and in compliance with this program.
With the current control during the seminars, the following should be assessed: the level of knowledge demonstrated by a student in response, activity in discussing the issues of the seminar, regular work in the classroom, the results of homework. The teacher who conducts the seminars sets the number of points scored from the current control and enters them in the relevant documents of student performance. If a student is absent for good reasons, he can once complete the missed lesson through an oral interview in extracurricular time (teacher consultation time), solving a practical case, preparing a draft regulation or individual act. According to the results demonstrated the teacher can award up to 5 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline