Privacy by Design and a case study
The concept of PbD was created by Ann Cavoukian in the 1990s and presented in her 2009 presentation, “Privacy by Design: The Definitive Workshop.” As Cavoukian states, the concept of PbD encompasses more than just technology.
PbD is a framework that promotes the integration of privacy and data protection principles into the design and development of systems, products, and services.
The PbD framework has seven foundational principles. The objective of these principles is to ensure that privacy is embedded in every stage of a system’s development and that data subjects’ privacy rights are protected:
- Proactive not reactive measures: PbD requires that privacy considerations be integrated into the design and development of a system from the outset, rather than being added as an afterthought.
- Privacy as the default setting: PbD requires that privacy settings be set to the highest level by default and that users...