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DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS: PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY

LIS 220
Course Description

Each of us leaves behind digital information traces, our "digital footprint", as we go about our daily lives. Learn about the different kinds of technologies involved in capturing this information, who owns it and controls it, and how it is used to make our lives easier and less private at the same time. Consider what information can be tracked and inferred about us based on our digital traces, what is gained (and lost) as individuals and society by allowing our digital footprints to continue to expand, and debate what future technologies and policies concerning this information should be like.

Prerequisites

Satisfied Communications A requirement or concurrent enrollment

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.78

0.96% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.72% from Historical

A Rate
61.36%

-8.28% from Historical

Class Size
44

-5.04% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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