# AI Ethics, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property in IT

##### Winter 


##### (in German: AI Ethics, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property in IT )

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<table bgcolor="#7FB3D9" border="1" id="bkmrk-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 14.2515%;"></col><col style="width: 14.2515%;"></col><col style="width: 13.061%;"></col><col style="width: 15.442%;"></col><col style="width: 14.2515%;"></col><col style="width: 14.2515%;"></col><col style="width: 14.2515%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Abbreviation**</span>

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</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Credit Points**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">5 </span>

</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Semester**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">Winter </span>

</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Term**</span>

<span style="color: #3d3d3d;">1. 

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</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);">**<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">Duration</span>**

<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">1 Semester </span>

</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Language**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">english</span>

</td><td class="align-center" style="border: 5px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">**Level**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">Bachelor </span>

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-verantwortung%3A-verwe" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 124.8px; border-width: 1px; border-style: none;"><colgroup><col style="width: 24.7879%;"></col><col style="width: 75.2121%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 35.4px;"><td style="height: 35.4px;">**Link:**</td><td style="height: 35.4px;">[ LSF](https://lsf.ovgu.de/qislsf/rds?state=wsearchv&search=1&subdir=veranstaltung&veranstaltung.semester=20262&veranstaltung.dtxt=AI+Ethics,+Data+Privacy,+and+Intellectual+Property+in+IT&P_start=0&P_anzahl=30&P.sort=veranstaltung.dtxt&_form=display "AI Ethics, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property in IT")</td></tr><tr><td>**Limited accessability:**</td><td></td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Responsibility:**</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Dr. Laila Barqawi, Dr. Mohammad Abdallah </td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Lecturer:**</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Dr. Laila Barqawi, Dr. Mohammad Abdallah </td></tr><tr><td>**Classes:**</td><td>- Lecture AI Ethics, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property in IT (online)
- Exercise AI Ethics, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property in IT (online)

 </td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">**Applicability in curriculum:**</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">- B.Sc. INF: Informatik - Wahlpflicht  
- B.Sc. CV: Informatik - Wahlpflicht  
- B.Sc. WIF: Recht - Wahlpflicht  
- B.Sc. INF (bilingual): Informatik - Wahlpflicht  
  
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**Intended learning outcomes:** Students:

- can explain fundamental ethical principles.
- can appreciate ‘ACM’ and ‘IEEE’ professional ethics codes.
- can interpret the core provisions of the ‘GDPR’ and apply them to IT scenarios.
- can understand and identify IP rights and licensing types relevant to software and AI.
- can analyse how ethics, privacy, and IP are interrelated in IT innovation.
- can propose responsible approaches to real-world data and IP challenges.

  
**Content:**

- Ethics: professional integrity, fairness, and accountability in IT;
- Data Privacy: key data protection concepts and GDPR compliance;
- Intellectual Property (IP): ownership, licensing, and innovation in digital products.

**Workload:**

- Contact hours (lectures + activities): 52h
- Independent work (preparation + homework + project): 98h

  
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</td><td>Hausarbeit (Homework and Presentation)

</td><td>Lectures (2 SWS) Exercise (2 SWS)

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- ACM Code – [https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics](https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics)
- IEEE Code – [https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8](https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8)

AI Ethics - UNESCO - [https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics](https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics)

Data Privacy &amp; GDPR - The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), [https://gdpr.eu/](https://gdpr.eu/)
- Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch\_bdsg/](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bdsg/)

Intellectual Property - WIPO. Enterprising Ideas- A Guide to Intellectual Property for Startups [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo\_pub\_961.pdf](https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_961.pdf)

  
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**Comments:** Kurs für Wintersemester unklar, da Lehrauftrag