Privacy Engineering: Principles and Strategies

This lecture on privacy engineering by the instructor covers the principles and strategies for designing privacy-preserving systems. It delves into the concept of privacy by design, focusing on the GDPR principles and the importance of embedding privacy into the core functionality of IT systems. The lecture emphasizes the goal of privacy engineering in real-world applications and the challenges faced in achieving privacy by design. It discusses the principles of data minimization, trust minimization, and the relationship between privacy and security engineering. The lecture also explores the design of SwissCovid, highlighting the key security and privacy mechanisms implemented in the system. The session concludes with key takeaways on the importance of purpose limitation, trust minimization, and the complexity of combining different privacy strategies.