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Course developed within the project "ALMA - Advanced Learning Multimedia Alliance", a Digital Education Hub funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 3.4 "Advanced university teaching and skills".

Computer Science, Cybersecurity

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Privacy Preserving Information Access

Privacy Preserving Information Access

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Course developed within the project "ALMA - Advanced Learning Multimedia Alliance", a Digital Education Hub funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 3.4 "Advanced university teaching and skills".

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Course tags

Computer Science, Cybersecurity

Language

English

Price

Free

Modality

Self paced

Course open

28 febbraio 2026

Training hours

16

Certificate

Attendance Certificate

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Description

The course introduces its participants to the concept of Privacy, emphasizing its ethical, legal, and economic importance in managing user data. It explores privacy's role in cybersecurity across various domains, such as databases, click logs, medical data, and geospatial information.

After covering the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the course focuses on privacy techniques from microdata protection, differential privacy, and geomasking.

Educators

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Guglielmo Faggioli

Course outline

Privacy Preserving Information Access

Platform Guide: How to Navigate the MOOC

Welcome to the Course

Getting to know you

Module 1: Introduction

Introduction to the concept of privacy and its ethical, legal, and economic implications

Databases Background

Test your knowledge

Module 2: Introduction

Macrodata Protection

Microdata Protection

k-Anonymity

Test your knowledge

Module 3: Introduction

Differential Privacy

Differential Privacy Applications

Geomasking

Test your knowledge

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Course evaluation

Introduction of the Course

1.1 Privacy definition

1.1 Ethical and economical aspects

1.1 GDPR

1.2 Introduction to Databases

1.2 Search Engines and Recommender Systems

2.1 What are macrodata?

2.1 How to protect macrodata?

2.1 Exercise 1 - Solution

2.2 What are microdata?

2.2 How to protect microdata?

2.2 Exercise 2 - Solution

2.3 k-anonymity

2.3 Beyond k-Anonimity: l-diversity

3.1 Introduction to Differential Privacy

3.1 Differentially Private mechanisms

3.2 Microsoft LDP

3.2 Google RAPPOR

3.2 Exercise - Solution

3.3 The importance of Geomasking

3.3 Heuristic approaches to Geomasking

3.3 Metric Differential Privacy

Summing up the Course

Learning outcomes

The overall goal of the course is to familiarize students with the concept of privacy and develop critical thinking and analytical skills to address various situations that may jeopardize the privacy of users of a digital system.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of mathematics, algebra, and statistics.

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Target audience

CDS students and enthusiastic outsiders.

Enrolment and micro-credential

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