The Surveillance State: Big Data, Freedom, and You

A man shoots down a drone that is flying over his private property. A retail store uses predictive data analytics to send pregnancy-related advertising to a teenager who has not told her parents about her condition. A police officer places a GPS device on a suspected criminal's car to follow him and build a case against him.
The news is full of such stories, in which new technologies lead to dilemmas that could not have been imagined just a few decades ago. The 21st century has seen remarkable technological advances, with many wonderful benefits. But with these advances come new questions about privacy, security, civil liberties, and more.
Big Data is here, which means that government and private industries are collecting massive amounts of information about each of us - information that may be used in marketing, to help solve criminal investigations, and to promote the interests of national security. Pandora's box has been opened, but in many ways the government is behind the times, relying on legislation from the 1970s to inform its stance on regulating the collection and use of this information.
Taught by Professor Rosenzweig, JD, esteemed legal expert and professorial lecturer at The George Washington University School of Law, these 24 revealing lectures tackle the tough questions about surveillance and data in the 21st century. With Professor Rosenzweig's guidance, you'll scrutinize our system of oversight for intelligence agencies, and you'll consider the ways in which the information that is collected impacts (or potentially impacts) our civil liberties.
This is your reliable source for all the facts you need to make your own reasonable choices - and take a first step toward an empowered future.

All Lectures:
1. Security, Liberty, or Neither?
2. The Charlie Hebdo Tragedy
3. East Germany's Stasi State
4. Surveillance in America
5. Failing to Connect the Dots on 9/11
6. The U.S. Spy Network in Action
7. Big Data's Shadow
8. Some Problems with Privacy
9. Under Observation: The Panopticon Effect
10. Drones, Drones Everywhere
11. Biometrics: Eyes, Fingers, Everything
12. Hacking, Espionage, and Surveillance
13. Local Police on the Cyber Beat
14. Geolocation: Tracking You and Your Data
15. Internet Surveillance
16. Metadata: Legal or Not
17. Technology Outruns the Law
18. Your Personal Data Is the Product
19. The Internet of Things
20. Anonymity: Going off the Grid
21. Code Breaking versus Code Making
22. Europe's Right to Be Forgotten
23. National Security and the First Amendment
24. The Privacy Debate Needs You