Privacy Engineering

About the Section

Creating content and connection for professionals in privacy and technology

The  IAPP Privacy Engineering Section brings together privacy professionals working in the IT and privacy engineering fields within our member community. Similar to the IAPP Privacy Bar Section, the Privacy Engineering Section offers a range of programs, events, content and networking opportunities through which privacy pros working in IT and related fields can connect and advance.

Our most-recent Privacy Engineering Section Forum was held on May 1 in Washington, DC, alongside the Global Privacy Summit 2019 event. The forum focused on the ever-closer connection between people, privacy and technology. Breakout sessions and speakers examined the nuts-and-bolts of integrating privacy management and product development. 

The forums are designed by the IAPP Privacy Engineering Section Advisory Board, which is comprised of academics, government and industry experts in privacy engineering and technology. Advisory Board members help develop the section itself, providing strategic input and driving content for its programs and activities. See all advisory boards.

Calling all Privacy Engineers!

Experts in the privacy engineering field are being asked to step up and share their expertise. We’re looking for speakers to address topics such as user interface design, data ethics in artificial intelligence, privacy by design, de-identification, implementation of privacy technologies and much more. Submit your session proposal here. This Call for Proposals is open all year long and we accept sessions on a rolling basis.

Are you looking to share your privacy engineering research with the privacy world? Submit your case studies here. If you’re selected, we will offer you an opportunity to present your case study in one of our publications, our live conferences, or virtually on one of web conferences.

Web Conferences

• Privacy Engineering Live — Is Encrypted Data Personal Under the GDPR?

  Broadcast Date: July 9, 2019

  Hear from legal and technical experts about the case to be made on both sides of the argument – ask your questions and weigh in with your answer during the program.

• Privacy Engineering Live — PBD in Practice
  Explore privacy-enhancing technologies — what they are, how they work, and what utility they can bring to data governance and stewardship activities.

• Operationalize Privacy

  Consider how to leverage automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage privacy across thousands of resources.

• Strategic Privacy by Design

  Hear an experienced privacy professional describe what questions to ask and when, who should be involved in decision making, how to evaluate privacy risks involved, and how to structure and organize your data-collection and management processes.

• Privacy by Design Starts Here: Assessing Privacy Risk Under the GDPR

Explore how to design, build, and implement a privacy risk assessment program, and hear how this program can supplement third party risk management, privacy by design, and data security compliance within your organization.