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The Institute of Operational Privacy Design

Introducing the Design Process Standard (v 1.0)
It’s been four years in the making! The Standards Committee spent over a year drafting, discussing, editing, reediting, soliciting and responding to public comments, and we eventually created the 1st iteration of what we hope will become a gold standard in Privacy by Design.

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Learn more about the forthcoming privacy design certification for organizations product, service or business process design process.
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Welcome to the Institute of Operational Privacy Design
For many years now, I’ve been concerned about the bombastic claims of many organizations that they do “privacy by design.” While I’ve tried to channel some of that concern into
Draft of the Privacy Design Process Standard near completion
[December 2021] The Institute of Operational Privacy Design’s Standards Committee is nearing completion of the Design Process Standard. This standard will allow companies to ensure their design process rigorously incorporates

Privacy Wiki
Check it Out! The Privacy Wiki provides a valuable resource of laws and regulation all organized around the Solove taxonomy of privacy and the Hoepman privacy design strategies. While still
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