Nishant Bhajaria

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Uber Technologies, Inc.

Author and Executive, Privacy Engineering

Nishant Bhajaria is an executive in the cybersecurity and data privacy industry. Having started out as an engineer with a second act as a product manager, he pivoted to data protection before it became a high-visibility topic. 

Besides building and leading teams at Nike, Netflix, Google, and now Uber, Nishant has also authored the recently released Privacy by Design: a runbook for engineers - a deep dive into strategies on effectively identifying, communicating, and addressing privacy risks using technical strategies. 

He teaches courses on LinkedIn Learning on cybersecurity, career development, and building inclusive teams. He has also built the first ever privacy engineering certification to offer hands-on training to the next generation of privacy professionals. 

 

Contributions by Nishant Bhajaria

  • Privacy Code Scanning: The Missing Piece in your Privacy Stack
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • The New Frontier of ChatGPT and Privacy Implications
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2023
  • Privacy Engineering Section Forum
    Forum Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2023
  • Untangling Consent Management Challenges
    Speaker at In-Person Silicon Valley KnowledgeNet: May 17, 2023
  • Meeting of the Minds: When tech and privacy work together
    Speaker at Virtual Wellington KnowledgeNet: 12 April 2023
  • Privacy Violations in the Code: The Big Gaps in Privacy Programs
    Moderator at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Privacy Engineering: Navigating the data classification maze
    Speaker at In-Person Silicon Valley KnowledgeNet: March 22, 2023
  • Privacy by Code: Filling the Gap in Your Privacy Programs
    Privacy by Code: Filling the Gap in Your Privacy Programs
  • Silicon Valley Goes Privacy Engineering: Common challenges and new approaches
    Speaker at In-Person Silicon Valley KnowledgeNet: November 29, 2022
  • Privacy Careers Panel
    Speaker at Virtual New York KnowledgeNet: November 15, 2022
  • The Privacy Tech Stack, Decoded
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Privacy by Code: Enforcing Policies in Product Development
    LBS Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Privacy Engineering Section Forum
    Forum Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Privacy Engineer Your Operations for Excellence
    Privacy Engineer Your Operations for Excellence
  • Privacy Engineering: What privacy pros should know
    Speaker at Virtual Boston KnowledgeNet: March 31, 2022
  • Trust, not blockchain, is the new currency: Invest early in data privacy
    Privacy Perspectives
  • AI, A Privacy Odyssey: Conducting Privacy Assessments on AI Projects
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2020 - Canceled
  • Risk Management – Strategies for Integrating Brave New Technologies
    Speaker at IAPP Summit Sessions 2020 Online