Module CS5820-KP04, CS5820

Legal foundations for IT (ITRecht)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

not available anymore

Credit points

4 (Typ B)

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Interdisciplinary Courses, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
  • Master Medical Informatics 2014, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
  • Master MES 2014, optional subject, no specific field
  • Bachelor MES 2014, optional subject, no specific field
  • Master Computer Science 2012, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules

Classes and lectures:

  • Legal Foundations for IT (seminar, 1 SWS)
  • Legal Foundations for IT (lecture, 1 SWS)

Workload:

  • 55 hours private studies
  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 20 hours exam preparation

Contents of teaching:

  • Introduction and Overview
  • Personality rights, freedom of the press and the media, and freedom of speech
  • Regulatory objectives: information and law
  • Youth protection and self-regulation
  • Privacy and Data Protection
  • Press and advertising law
  • Copyright, trademark, patent law
  • German Data Protection Act (TDG) and Teleservice Data Protection Act (TDDSG), Signature Act (SigG), German Interstate Media Services Agreement (MDStV)
  • Contract law and e- contracting
  • International aspects
  • Case Studies
  • Summary and Outlook

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • The students know the legal basis for the production and use of software and digital media.
  • The students know the legal basis for the operation of IT and communications systems.

Grading through:

  • Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Responsible for this module:

  • Studiengangsleitung Informatik

Teacher:

  • external institution
  • externe Lehrbeauftragte

Literature:

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Language:

  • English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Last Updated:

02.10.2025