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# Privacy by Design in the SDLC: Why, When, How?


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 18, 2024
- **Time:** 11:30–12:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Virtual Stage 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Description

What on earth is privacy by design, and why should you care about it as a developer? Did you know that you might be accidentally violating data protection laws such as the GDPR - and, crucially, putting your users at risk - simply by following standard practices in API design, cloud architecture, logging, observability, and more? Join us on a whirlwind tour of privacy issues at the code and infrastructure level. We'll explore how you can avoid them both in your own software development and across your organization by building privacy controls into the software development lifecycle.

## Speaker

### [Cat Easdon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@cat-easdon)

Privacy Engineer, Dynatrace


## Related talks at this congress

- [How Can My Software Development Be 'Secure by Design'?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/295-how-can-my-software) — Christoph Niehoff
- [Designing Secure Applications in the Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/385-designing-secure) — Adora Nwodo
- [Programming secure C#/.NET Applications: Dos & Don'ts](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/198-programming-secure-c) — Sebastian Leuer
- [TikTok's Privacy Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/203-tiktok-s-privacy) — Mingshen Sun