Platform Data Privacy and Security Strategies for Public Interest Research

Explore state-of-the-art technical strategies for enabling data access in public interest research while complying with privacy regulations like GDPR in this 20-minute conference talk from USENIX Enigma 2020. Delve into the challenges platforms face when sharing large-scale, high-quality datasets with researchers, including regulatory "gray zones" within GDPR. Examine various technical approaches to address these ambiguities while maintaining user privacy and control, discussing their strengths and limitations. Learn about proposed industry standards, both technical and philosophical, that companies, researchers, and users worldwide can adopt to ensure data privacy and security in public interest research. Cover topics such as differential privacy, philosophical caps, and the potential application of HIPAA-like standards to public interest research.