The reasons of this course lie in the growing impact ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) have on society, democracy and individual freedoms. This course focuses on privacy and personal data protection in the current technical developments context (creation of data bases, videosurveillance, danger for privacy deriving from the Internet, controls on the workplace, connected objects, Internet of Things, Big Data,...). The course presents the regulation adopted in response to these new dangers as well as the most important case-law.