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Special Section on Privacy and Security by Design

nation of legal authorship. They are the primary
artifacts of the originating culture!
Consider these examples: the Canadian
Standards Association Model Code became the
fundamental basis of PIPEDA. To further build
on this, the Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants collaborated with the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants to create the "Generally Accepted Privacy Principles"
framework. Even more prominent are the global
privacy principles advanced by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Notably, both the OECD and APEC
are coalitions not of nations but of member
economies. Just as with the Canadian "digital
charter" referenced earlier, these initiatives are
focused on achieving balance between economic
growth and privacy protection.
Most importantly for the IT, digital media, and
electronics industries, these codes and frameworks offer clear, literate guidance for sensible
practices that any engineer can undertake. They
describe the privacy principles of purpose, limitation, notice, consent, access, quality, security,
and accountability, among other core concepts.
They offer an available and highly useful path for
engineers to take in ensuring better privacy in
the products they develop, test, and deploy.

GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, "START
YOUR ENGINEERING!"
With a basic understanding of privacy as culture, your core privacy principles in hand, and

PbD as your operational model, you are now
equipped to embark on a real privacy engineering journey! Electronics products are the most
commonly available data interfaces for consumers today. You, as the engineer, hold an enormous responsibility to get privacy right. But you
are not alone. And if you are Canadian, you
already know how to approach such challenges
with characteristic deliberation, collaboration,
and thoughtfulness as well as with a great sense
of respect and courtesy to the customer. You
live your culture of privacy. And your privacy
engineering systems are GO!

& REFERENCES
1. The CSA Model Code, Mar. 1996. [Online]. Available:
https://www.msccanada.org/PRIVACY/CSA-CODE.pdf
2. The GAPP Framework, Aug. 2009. [Online]. Available:
http://privacy.ind.in/wp/gapp/
3. The OECD Privacy Guidelines, Jul. 1980. [Online].
Available: https://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/privacyguidelines.htm
4. The APEC Privacy Framework, Jan. 2005. [Online].
Available: https://www.apec.org/-/media/APEC/
Publications/2005/12/APEC-Privacy-Framework/
05_ecsg_privacyframewk.pdf

Peter B. Kosmala is the Founder and Principal of
PRIVAT LLC. He is the former Vice President of the
International Association of Privacy Professionals
where he led the creation of the Certified Information
Privacy Professional, which launched in 2005. Contact him at pbkosmala@gmail.com.

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