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Data Privacy and AI Law: Compliance for Non-Lawyers Specialization

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Data Privacy and AI Law: Compliance for Non-Lawyers Specialization

Gain a Legal Edge in Data Privacy.

Apply the CCPA, GDPR, and AI laws to assess risk, document compliance, and work with counsel.

Ken Suh

Instructor: Ken Suh

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Compare the CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, and EU AI Act to identify what each requires of organizations that handle personal data.

  • Analyze how state AI laws and employment, likeness, and consent rules apply to AI hiring tools and automated decisions.

  • Apply data minimization rules and document risk assessments, impact assessments, and AI policies for AI projects.

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November 2026

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Specialization - 4 course series

U.S. Data Privacy Law: Foundations for Professionals

U.S. Data Privacy Law: Foundations for Professionals

Course 1, 12 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain how U.S. law defines and protects privacy, including name and likeness, personal data, and personally identifiable information.

  • Analyze how federal privacy laws such as the VPPA, COPPA, and ECPA apply to children’s data, cookies, and online tracking.

  • Apply a step-by-step method for reading the CCPA, including its scope, key definitions, and consumer rights, to build a privacy policy.

What you'll learn

  • Compare how the GDPR, HIPAA, and California’s breach law define protected data, individual rights, and breach notification duties.

  • Apply GDPR concepts such as controller, processor, consent, and processing to identify obligations in a privacy policy.

  • Explain core machine learning concepts and evaluate how the EU AI Act classifies AI systems by risk and what it requires of providers.

What you'll learn

  • Compare how California, Texas, Colorado, and New York regulate AI systems, including notices, opt-outs, and bias audits.

  • Analyze how employment discrimination law, vendor liability, and likeness rights apply to AI hiring tools and digital replicas.

  • Apply CCPA disclosure, consent, and data minimization rules when reusing personal data with AI, including privacy policies and cookie banners.

What you'll learn

  • Analyze how AI affects de-identification and use sample policies and templates to document compliance for AI projects.

  • Evaluate CCPA risk assessments, GDPR risk management systems, and data protection impact assessments for AI systems.

  • Apply CCPA and GDPR data minimization and proportionality rules to projects that use personal data with AI.

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Ken Suh
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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