"Privacy engineering will be central to the privacy profession going forward," writes IAPP Senior Privacy Fellow Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US. "That is an easy assertion to make. Privacy professionals have long discussed the importance of building privacy in rather than bolting it on ... – But as technology has raced ahead, the need for privacy engineering has evolved and intensified." In this in-depth post for Privacy Tech, Fennessy discusses the IAPP's privacy engineering initiative — to better define what it is, why it matters and how we can support the professionals doing it — and the field more broadly. "I want to share some of what I have learned from leading practitioners," she writes, "and renew our call for continued engagement from those working in this exciting field."
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