This seminar surveys the laws of information and data privacy. We will examine constitutional, statutory, and common-law privacy rules in areas like: consumer data (especially online), educational records, healthcare, employment, and electronic communications. The course also highlights privacy constraints on law-enforcement and national security investigations, such as the Fourth Amendment. While focused on America, the course also considers some foreign and international privacy regimes (especially those of the European Union). After this course, students should be able to understand how various legal regimes impact privacy, how to spot privacy issues, and how governments and organizations can and should adapt in this evolving space. The primary assignment for the course will be an independent research paper on a privacy-related topic of the student’s choice. Additionally, because participants’ ideas will be a main driver of our discussion, each week, participants will be responsible for a brief response (roughly 400 words) reacting to a reading of their choice for the week. Papers written for this seminar may satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement.