Coursework Assignment Brief 2016/17 LLM Degrees: LLM – POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME Level M International Cyber Law and Governance Title of Brief: ESSAY QUESTION This assignment is a formal element of coursework worth 80% of the overall unit mark THE BRIEF Discuss and critically analyse the statement below: "Various technological developments have provided challenges for the protection of privacy. Ultimately, it comes down to choice and the extent to which privacy should be balanced with these other factors." Choosing one topic below, consider whether the balance has been achieved by the European Data Protection framework. • Social networking • Cloud computing • Network neutrality • Big Data GUIDELINES Please include a bibliography. You will gain credit for evidence of research in primary sources, for careful explanation of the applicable legal rules and principles and for interesting discussion and analysis of important points. This Assignment tests Learning Outcomes 1-4. The Assignment will be marked based on the University's generic marking criteria for Level C, as set out in the Unit Guide. This is an individual piece of work. SUBMISSION DETAILS The maximum word count is 3,000 words, including footnotes but excluding bibliography. There is a penalty of 10 marks for exceeding the limit. Points must be referenced and cited using the citation guide see below. DEADLINE: 3 -1-2017 Please note: Plagiarism or Copying is a serious academic offence and may incur severe penalties beyond a Fail Grade. Bournemouth University reserves the right to use electronic or any other means to identify plagiarism. HELP AND SUPPORT Essay examples are available for students to see on myBU. There is also an essay guideline that students ought to consult. • You must acknowledge your source every time you refer to others' work, using the Law Citation Guide on MyBU. Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism which is against University regulations. Please refer to http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/citing_references/citing_refs_main.html ("Citing References: Law") for the Law Citation Guide. Use Oscola referencing style. • Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism: You must acknowledge your source every time you refer to others' work or work that you have previously submitted and been assessed on, using the Harvard Referencing system (Author/Date method). Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism or self-plagiarism which is against University regulations. • Please refer to http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/how-to/plagiarism.html for further details of this and to https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/discover/library/using-library/how-guides/how-cite-references for the University's guide to citation in the Harvard style. • Students must ensure that they do not commit any type of Academic Offence. For further information please see: https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/discover/library/using-library/how-guides/how-avoid-academic-offences • Plagiarism regulations extend to audio visual materials and work in other media. Archive or other material not generated by yourself or crew must be appropriately captioned when on screen and an acknowledgement to the source of the material included in the end credits or equivalent part of any online material. Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism or self-plagiarism, which is against University regulations. • Students with Additional Learning Needs may contact Learning Support on http://studentportal.bournemouth.ac.uk/learning/als/index.html • General academic support is available via the Academic Skills community on myBU. • Additional support for Faculty of Media and Communication students only is provided by a small team of Learning Development Tutors. Please contact [email protected] to make an appointment. • If you have any valid mitigating circumstances that mean you cannot meet an assignment submission deadline and you wish to request an extension, you will need to complete and submit the Mitigating Circumstances Form for consideration to your Administrator together with appropriate supporting evidence (e.g., GP note) normally before the coursework deadline. Further details on the procedure and the mitigating circumstances form can be found at www.bournemouth.ac.uk/student/mitigating. Please make sure you read these documents carefully before submitting anything for consideration. INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES Note: this list is indicative only – refer to Unit Guide/Assessment Briefs for up-to-date list It is essential that any book used is up to date. Changes in the law are frequent. The latest edition of the text should be used. Because of the fast-moving nature of internet law, books can go at least partially out of date very quickly. Make sure that what you are reading has not been superseded by new case law by cross-referring to your reading list. Essential Reading Lloyd, Information Technology Law. (6th Edition, Oxford University Press 2011) A. Murray, Information Technology Law: The Law and Society. (Oxford University Press 2013) C. Reed, Internet Law: Text and Materials. (2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press 2004) K.M. Rogers, The Internet and the Law. (Palgrave Macmillan 2011) D. Rowland, U. Kohl and A. Charlesworth, Information Technology Law. (4th Edition, Routledge 2012) C Waelde and L. Edwards, Law and the Internet. (3rd Edition, Hart Publishing 2009) The above Key Texts are complemented by: Book chapters and journal articles downloadable from myBU as selected by the Unit Tutor(s). Additional research of primary materials (statutes, statutory instruments, command and Parliamentary Papers) and, via the Library Catalogue, secondary materials (commentaries, monographs, journal articles) Relevant online Law databases and e-journal & e-book collections such as: Journals European Intellectual Property Law Review European Journal of Law and Technology International Journal of Communications Law and Policy International Review of Law, Computers and Technology Journal of Information, Law and Technology Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice E Journals, E-Books Collections Blackwell Publishing Reference Collection CREDO Reference ELibrary Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection Hein Online JSTOR Databases Eurolaw Lawtel Lawtel EU LexisNexis Butterworths Localaw Westlaw UK Websites British & Irish Legal Information Institute: http://www.bailii.org/ European Audio Visual Observatory: http://www.obs.coe.int/ IT News & Blogging: http://www.dmlp.org/, http://cyberleagle.blogspot.com/ Media Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media Internet Governance: www.diplointernetgovernance.org, www.internetsociety.org