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What is Privacy by design?

In short

Privacy by design means building privacy protections into systems and processes from the start, with the most privacy-protective settings as the default, instead of adding them afterward.

Key takeaways

  • The European Union's data protection rules require data protection by design and by default.
  • High-risk processing calls for a data protection impact assessment before it starts.
  • Collecting only the data needed is a core principle.

Where it's tested

ISC: Privacy & Regulatory Frameworks — study notes, a five-minute revision sheet and practice questions.

Practise: 3 questions

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