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Embracing privacy engineering for effective data protection

Embracing privacy engineering for effective data protection

From the course: Understanding and Prioritizing Data Privacy

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Embracing privacy engineering for effective data protection

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- Understanding how privacy engineering can support good governance and enhance data protection is crucial for businesses on their privacy journey. Privacy engineering is the practice of integrating the privacy principles of privacy by design and other regulatory or ethical considerations into the design and operation of systems, ensuring that privacy is respected throughout the entire lifecycle of data, from creation to deletion, often referred to as cradle to grave. Imagine a company developing a new mobile application that collects user data. By applying privacy engineering principles, the development team can build privacy features directly into the app from the outset. Business teams can leverage the app's benefits and differentiating features. For example, they may highlight their data minimization techniques where the app only collects essential information needed for its functionality, rather than unnecessary details like location or browsing history. Other methods to minimize…

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