How we can build web applications that respect the user’s privacy
06-05, 17:00–17:30 (Europe/Madrid), Auditorium

The questions children asked me on the topic of privacy on the web


Privacy on the web is a hot topic, and there are more and more regulations to ensure that IT platforms respect it. That is a good thing. In this talk I would like to speak about how we, developers and operators of web platforms, can develop a mindset that puts user privacy at the center.

The first thing we need to master is to actually understand the user, and their reasons for wanting privacy. Children are amazing in helping us there. I have been giving tech talks to schoolchildren in my free time, and they have been teaching me the most in this topic. I will tell you some anecdotes about the questions they asked.

Then, we will go into more technical areas. I will talk about access restrictions, data retention policies, K-anonymity and differential privacy. And I will touch a bit on how to do this at scale

Video: https://youtu.be/Jc_oDg8ertI


Topics

Security

Audience Level

Intermediate

In my day job, I analyze user data. At scale: the application has more than one billion daily active users. We capture, log and analyze every click that every user does, and more. I am a senior software engineer at Google, but I won't speak on behalf of my employer. I will speak freely, driven by my passion for tech ethics.