Privacy by Design (PbD): The 7 Foundational Principles – Cavoukian

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As Information & Privacy Commissioner for Ontario, Canada, Dr. Ann Cavoukian developed the Privacy by Design (PbD) framework.

Privacy by Design is a flexible framework that can be applied to many design processes, from system configuration to business processes to strategic communication planning. PbD can also be used as a conceptual framework, applied to case study analysis in a learning experience, for example.

The Privacy by Design framework has seven foundational principles:

  1. Proactive, not reactive; preventive, not remedial
  2. Privacy as the default setting
  3. Privacy embedded into design
  4. Full functionality – positive-sum, not zero-sum
  5. End-to-end security – full life-cycle protection
  6. Visibility and transparency – keep it open
  7. Respect for user privacy – keep it user-centric

Read more:

Cavoukian, A. (2011). Privacy by design: The 7 foundational principles – implementation and mapping of fair information practices. https://iapp.org/media/pdf/resource_center/pbd_implement_7found_principles.pdf

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