Guidance on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Has Been Published

The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (“PETs”) to help organisations unlock the potential of data by putting a data protection by design approach into practice.

• The draft PETs guidance explains the benefits and different types of PETs currently available, as well as how they can help organisations comply with data protection law.
• By enabling organisations to share and collaboratively analyse sensitive data in a privacy-preserving manner, PETs open up unprecedented opportunities to harness the power of data through innovative and trustworthy applications.

The PETs draft guidance has been published ahead of the 2022 roundtable of G7 data protection and privacy authorities taking place in Bonn, Germany on 7-8 September, where the ICO will present its work on PETs to its G7 counterparts and encourage international agreement for the support of responsible and innovative use of PETs.

As part of this, the ICO will call for the development of industry-led governance, such as codes of conduct and certification schemes, to help organisations use PETs responsibly and to help PETs developers and providers to build the technology with data protection and privacy at the forefront. 

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