Lexology May 16, 2023
In March the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (“OECD”) became the latest in a long line of organisations / public bodies to publish a report (Emerging privacy enhancing technologies: Maturity, opportunities and challenges (oecd-ilibrary.org)) focused on the benefits of PETs (the technology tool, rather than furry kind). The OECD report reviews recent technological advancements and evaluates the effectiveness of different types of PETs, as well as the challenges and opportunities they present. It also outlines current regulatory and policy approaches to PETs, with the intention of helping privacy enforcement authorities and policy makers better understand how they can be used to enhance privacy and data protection, and to improve overall data governance.
It is increasingly clear that regulators worldwide...