Judicial context for integrity in Europe.
Basic concepts and terminology in the area of privacy enhancing technologies.
A selection of privacy enhancing technologies.
DD2496 Privacy Enhancing Technologies 7.5 credits
Information per course offering
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Information for Autumn 2025 pet25 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
- Periods
- P1 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
50315
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Min: 15
- Target group
Open for students admitted to a master's programme as long as it can be included in your programme.
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
Contact
Sonja Buchegger buc@kth.se
Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus DD2496 (Autumn 2024–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus DD2496 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student shall be able to
- identify threats against the privacy in a digital system
- explain and use basic terminology in the area correctly
- find and use documentation of privacy related problems and technologies
- give an overview of privacy enhancing technologies (PET)
- analyse descriptions of PET systems with regard to their protection of privacy and functionality
- analyse and discuss descriptions of PET-systems with regard to their ethical consequences and influence on the society
- present and explain their arguments to others
in order to
- as citizen and expert be able to discuss privacy in general and PET in particular
- in the working life and research project be able to use existing privacy enhancing techniques and develop software and computer systems with integrity in mind.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Completed course in computer security equivalent to DD2395.
Knowledge in English corresponding to the upper secondary course English B/English 6.
Active participation in a course offering where the final examination is not yet reported in LADOK is considered equivalent to completion of the course.
Being registered for a course counts as active participation.
The term 'final examination' encompasses both the regular examination and the first re-examination.
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Literature
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL1 - Written assignment, 4.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- SEM1 - Seminar assignment, 3.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Seminar assignment (carry out an own seminar and develop questions for the seminar).
Written assignment (answer questions about the seminars and make a written submission).
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Computer Science and Engineering
Education cycle
Second cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Sonja Buchegger buc@kth.se
Supplementary information
In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex