The Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN) was launched in 2014. It is a practical initiative encouraging the development of methodologies and tools which can effectively foster privacy-enhancing technologies or PETs.
It supports the creation of engineer groups working on (re)-usable building blocks, design patterns and other tools for selected internet use cases where privacy is at stake.
IPEN welcomes participants from different areas such as data protection authorities, academia, open source and business development and other individuals who are committed to finding engineering solutions to privacy challenges.
The objective of the work should be to integrate data protection and privacy into all phases of the development process, from the requirements phase to production, as it is most appropriate for the development model and the application environment.
It supports networking between engineer groups and existing initiatives for engineering privacy into the internet. This network facilitates exchange in order to coordinate work and avoid duplication, in addition to discussing which privacy oriented use cases should be addressed with priority.
IPEN is building a repository of relevant resources, making its findings and knowledge base accessible to all participants, developers and privacy experts.
A core group takes care of collection and distribution of information, liaises with other relevant initiatives, facilitates the dialogue on engineering solutions, and organises online and offline events.
The EDPS and INRIA organised on 31st May 2023 an Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN) event on explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). With this event, the EDPS wanted to stimulate a discussion in order to clarify the expectations regarding the XAI, its limitations and misunderstandings.
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Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski on the occasion of the Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN) webinar: "Synthetic data: what use cases as a privacy enhancing technology?" in Brussels, Belgium (via video link).
IPEN 2020 Encryption Webinar
IPEN workshops bring together privacy experts and engineers from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society to discuss relevant challenges and developments for the technological implementation of data protection and privacy.
The EDPS organised on 24 June 2020 an Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN)
Webinar on the Use of Encryption for Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
The webinar was a follow-up event to the online workshop held on 3 June 2020 on the state of the art in encryption and its role as a safeguard for data protection and privacy. The common objective for both events was to add more technical knowledge and better understanding to the debates on privacy and encryption, by promoting the understanding of already available technologies, and encouraging their development and use when processing personal data.
IPEN 2020 Online Workshop
IPEN workshops bring together privacy experts and engineers from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society to discuss relevant challenges and developments for the technological implementation of data protection and privacy.
The EDPS organised the first online IPEN workshop, on:
Wednesday 3 June 2020
with a focus on the state of the art in encryption and its role for protection of privacy and personal data. The event was designed to promote the understanding of already available encryption technologies, and encourage their development and usage in the context of processing of personal data.