CYBS3170 - Cyberlaw

This course examines how laws have had to change to account for the expanded realm of crimes in the digital age. Identity theft has become far too commonplace; it takes victims of identity theft hundreds of hours over a four to six month period. In October of 1998, Congress enacted the necessary legal countermeasures to battle the growing problem of identity theft. Sexual harassment complaints can now be triggered simply by an employee forwarding questionable email to fellow employees. Some regard intellectual property rights violations to be innocent flattery, while others consider them to be violations that must be stamped out by force of law. Plagiarism by students who pull content from the Internet is a growing problem. Stalkers can log into their victims lives and gain access to highly confidential medical and financial information, and even sabotage their victim's reputations. This course examines current literature on such topics.
3 Credits