Legal Informatics

Evolution of the concept of privacy and Italian and European legislation on privacy.
The contents of the Code for the protection of personal data, the figure of the Guarantor Authority and the Group of European Guarantors.
General rules regarding the processing of personal data. Specific areas of processing.
IT security obligations, responsibilities and penalties under the Code.
Unsolicited electronic communications and cases of unlawful processing.

Technical characteristics and legal implications of electronic signatures and how they work.
Simple, advanced, and qualified electronic signatures.
Digital Signature.
Evidentiary value of electronically signed computer document.
The eIDAS Regulation.
Digital certificates and the role of certification bodies.
Practical use of digital signatures and signature software.
Technical characteristics and legal implications of Certified Electronic Mail and its operation.
The communication protocols used.
Safety and reliability features.
Practical use.

Operational and regulatory aspects at the basis of e-government in Italy and Europe.
The processes affected by Digital Administration.
Europe 2020 Strategy.
EU e-Government Action Plan.
The Italian Digital Agenda.
The Digital Administration Code.
Formation of rules on domain names in Italy, related reassignment procedures.
Crimes committed on and through the Internet.
The management of administrative procedures.
The domain gov.it.
Transparent Administration and PA websites.
Accessibility and Usability.
Cloud Computing.

Technical and operational knowledge of the operational aspects inherent in digital document management, dematerialization, classification, organization, assignment, retrieval and preservation of electronic documents.
Electronic Identification and Authentication.
Remote Identification Systems.
Formation and management of computerized documents.
Time stamp.
The electronically generated marker.
Immodifiability of computer documents.
Duplicates, copies and extracts of computer and analogue documents.
The computer file.
Document Reproduction and Retention.
Document flows in digital form.
The dematerialization of documents in PA.
Digital Preservation Systems and Formats