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PEPR 22 Conference Focused On Usability, Standardization, and Data Minimization

Ethyca sponsored and attended the PEPR 22 Conference! After two days of privacy engineering talks, we reflect on three main themes.

The main themes presenters touched on were usability, standardization, and data minimization. For example, Dr. Lorrie Cranor’s presentation on cookie banners showed how providing users too much information about their cookie options is unusable and prevents them from exercising their privacy rights.

“With so many academics and businesses creating their own taxonomies, it suggests that taxonomy-based approaches are the best hope for addressing core privacy engineering issues. At Ethyca, we believe in this approach, too.”

Privacy Engineering Standardization and Data Minimization

The standardization of privacy engineering best practices and data minimization were also widely addressed. Presenters like Eivind Arvesen called for a standardized way to talk about privacy. Other speakers touched upon the tension between data minimization and privacy guarantees.