Fall 2026

Digital Footprints: Privacy and Technology

LIS 220 explores digital footprints, examining the technologies, ownership, and societal impacts of digital information tracking and privacy.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Greg Downey4.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 89.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

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Satisfied Communications A or concurrent enrollment

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LIS 220

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  • Satisfied Communications A or concurrent enrollment

Professors

Fall 2026

Greg Downey

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction60 / 600

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 89.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Digital footprints and information traces
  • Ownership and control of digital information
  • Individual and societal gains and losses from digital expansion
  • Future technologies and policies

Skills

  • Understanding technologies for capturing digital information
  • Analyzing information tracking and inference
  • Debating future technologies and policies

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LIS 220 · Fall 2026

Digital Footprints: Privacy and Technology

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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