Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner and Microsoft have named the winners of the 2011 Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET Award). The authors of a paper on the protection of genetic information and a researcher who raised awareness about the privacy vulnerabilities present in microtargeting advertising systems are this year's winners. "With emerging technologies growing rapidly in every area of our lives, leading-edge research into privacy is necessary to protect everyone's personal information. I applaud the winners on their remarkable achievement and innovation." The PET Award was created in 2003 to encourage privacy-enhancing technological development.
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