M14: Privacy engineering Flashcards

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What is ENISA?

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The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity… focused on enhancing cybersecurity across Europe.

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What is the main goal of data protection engineering?

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To support the selection… deployment… and configuration of measures to protect data.

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What does GDPR stand for?

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General Data Protection Regulation.

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What is ‘Data Protection by Design’?

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Integrating data protection measures into the processing of personal data from the start.

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What is anonymisation?

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Altering data to prevent identification of individuals.

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What is pseudonymisation?

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Replacing private identifiers with fake identifiers to protect personal data.

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What is k-anonymity?

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A method to anonymize data by ensuring each data point is indistinguishable from at least k- others.

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What is differential privacy?

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A technique that adds noise to data to protect individual privacy while allowing data analysis.

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What is homomorphic encryption?

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Encryption that allows computations on encrypted data without decrypting it.

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What is secure multiparty computation?

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A method where multiple parties compute a function without revealing their inputs to each other.

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What is the purpose of data masking?

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To hide the true values of data to protect privacy.

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What are Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)?

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Technologies designed to protect privacy by minimizing personal data use.

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What is the role of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)?

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To promote good practices and ensure consistent application of data protection rules.

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What is a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)?

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An assessment to identify and mitigate risks to personal data.

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What is the main challenge of implementing GDPR principles?

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Translating principles into tangible technical and organizational measures.

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What is the difference between anonymisation and pseudonymisation?

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Anonymisation removes all personal identifiers… while pseudonymisation replaces them with fake ones.

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What is the purpose of privacy policies?

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To inform users about how their data is collected… used… and protected.

18
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What are privacy icons?

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Visual symbols that help users understand privacy policies quickly.

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What is a privacy dashboard?

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A tool that allows users to manage their privacy settings and preferences.

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What is consent management?

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The process of obtaining and managing user consent for data processing.

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What is the right to erasure?

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The right of individuals to have their personal data deleted.

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What is the right to rectification?

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The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected.

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What is end-to-end encryption?

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Encryption that ensures data is only readable by the sender and the receiver.

24
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What is proxy and onion routing?

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Techniques to anonymize internet traffic by routing it through multiple servers.

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What is the purpose of synthetic data?

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To create artificial data that mimics real data for testing and analysis without privacy risks.

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What is a trusted execution environment?

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A secure area of a processor that ensures code and data are protected.

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What is private information retrieval?

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A method that allows users to retrieve data from a server without revealing what data is being retrieved.

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What is the role of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)?

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To ensure that EU institutions respect data protection laws.

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What is the Cybersecurity Act?

M14: Privacy engineering

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An EU regulation that strengthens ENISA and establishes a cybersecurity certification framework.