MVV57912K Personal Data Protection and Open Data

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristýna Bónová (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Ing. František Kasl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
( MP311Z Civil Law II || CM311Z Civil Law II || MP311Zk Absolute Property Rights )
MP311Z, CM311Z
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 19 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/19, only registered: 0/19
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce to students current concepts and issues of personal data protection law and freedom of information right with emphasis on open data.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, student is expected to be able to:
- be familiar with European and Czech legislation on personal data protection
- understand the basic principles of personal data protection and to apply them
- analyze and solve practical legal problems of personal data protection
- understand the regulation of access to public sector information and its reuse
- analyze and solve specific legal issues associated with providing and reusing open data
- analyze and solve the specific legal issues of a personal data protection conflict with the right to information and reuse of open data
Syllabus
  • Introduction. Data, Information, Privacy and Personal Data
  • Right to Privacy, History, Concepts and Method
  • Personal data protection online I – Basic concepts, jurisdiction and applicable law
  • Personal data protection online II – Rights of the data subject, Duties of the data controller and processor
  • Specifics of national regulation of personal data protection, implementation of Police directive
  • Public sector data and information - Freedom of information
  • Reuse of public sector information and open data
  • Conflict of right to information and right privacy
Literature
    recommended literature
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Internet a proměny práva (Internet and metamorphoses of law). 1st ed. Praha: Auditorium, 2012, 388 pp. edite Téma. ISBN 978-80-87284-22-3. info
  • MÍŠEK, Jakub. Moderní regulatorní metody ochrany osobních údajů (Modern regulatory methods of personal data protection). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 279 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řada teoretická, Edice Scientia. ISBN 978-80-210-9736-0. open access knihy info
  • KUNER, Christopher. Transborder data flows and data privacy law. First edition published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, xix, 285. ISBN 9780199674619. info
  • JONES, Meg Leta. Ctrl + Z : the right to be forgotten. New York: New York University Press, 2016, xiii, 269. ISBN 9781479881703. info
  • Internet privacy rights :rights to protect autonomy. Edited by Paul Bernal. 1 online r. ISBN 9781139863179. info
  • KORBEL, František. Právo na informace. Zákon o svobodném přístupu k informacím. Zákon o právu na informace o životním prostředí. Komentář. 1st ed. Praha: Linde Praha, a. s., 2004, 295 pp. ISBN 80-7201-465-X. info
  • Zákon o svobodném přístupu k informacím : komentář. Edited by Adam Furek - Lukáš Rothanzl - Tomáš Jirovec. Vydání první. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2016, xvii, 1238. ISBN 9788074002731. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, e-learning application, workshops with practising professionals
Assessment methods
To successfully complete this course students are required to fulfil all requirements set in detail in e-learning application (active attendance, preparation for the lectures and final essay defended during the colloquium).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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