What you will be able to do
- Explain data protection principles, online rights, copyright and licences, contracts and cyber offences at a basic level
- apply ethical decision-making to technology and AI
Syllabus
- 1 Rights and the constitution in the digital age
- 2 Privacy and data protection
- 3 Copyright, open licences and plagiarism
- 4 Contracts and online agreements
- 5 Cybercrime and safe practice
- 6 AI ethics and responsibility
Hands-on practical activities
- Mock tribunal on a data-breach case
- draft a privacy notice for a school website
- classify content by licence
- read and critique a real terms-of-service
- policy debate
Resources and equipment
Case study packs, sample contracts and policies, laptops or phones, access to local legislation summaries
🔋 No power? Off-grid option
Printed case packs and role play
Career direction
Paralegal, legal assistant, compliance and data protection assistant, policy analyst, cybersecurity analyst
Why it matters in the market
Data protection, cybercrime and platform rules create growing demand for legal and compliance awareness in every organisation
Assessment
Case analysis, privacy notice and presentation
Progression
From DS5; leads to MH1 Legal and Compliance and MK6 Cybersecurity