Data privacy for data professionals
This session gives data professionals a practical and accessible overview of data privacy in their daily work. Starting from the growing attention to privacy and regulation (such as the GDPR), it explains why data privacy is important and which key role data professionals play in it.
The session focuses on identifying privacy-sensitive data, understanding who has access to this data and which measures are needed to protect it. In addition, it covers the importance of clear purpose limitation and how organisations can remain compliant without stifling innovation.
Finally, the session introduces privacy-enhancing technologies (such as anonymisation and synthetic data) as a way to keep working with data safely, with the balance between the usability of data and privacy taking centre stage.
- Explaining why data privacy is becoming increasingly important for organisations and data professionals
- Recognising what privacy-sensitive data is and where it is located within systems
- Understanding how access to sensitive data can be managed and monitored
- Naming important measures to protect data privacy (such as data minimisation and audit logging)
- Applying the concept of purpose limitation to data processing
- Recognising and applying various privacy-enhancing techniques (such as anonymisation and synthetic data)
- Assessing the balance between data usability and privacy protection