#136 - Privacy Engineering: How to Build for Data Privacy - Nishant Bhajaria

<p><em>“Privacy is about handling data in a way that builds for both compliance and trust, maturity and transparency.&quot;</em></p> <p>Nishant Bhajaria is cybersecurity and data privacy executive and the author of “Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers”. In this episode, we discussed the importance of data privacy and privacy engineering. Nishant described his definition of data privacy and why it is becoming a key concern for users, companies, and regulators. He explained why doing data privacy is hard and how companies can build a privacy-first culture. Nishant also covered other data privacy topics, including data classification, data sharing, data consent, and data privacy applied to machine learning.  </p> <p>Listen out for:</p> <ul> <li>Career Journey - [00:03:29]</li> <li>Writing “Data Privacy” Book - [00:05:45]</li> <li>Building a Course - [00:10:04]</li> <li>Data Privacy Definition - [00:13:43]</li> <li>Data Privacy Concerns - [00:16:03]</li> <li>Data Privacy Regulations - [00:22:07]</li> <li>Data Privacy is Hard - [00:26:23]</li> <li>Privacy &amp; Security - [00:31:22]</li> <li>Privacy-First Culture - [00:35:23]</li> <li>Data for Machine Learning - [00:39:23]</li> <li>Data Privacy Tooling - [00:42:45]</li> <li>Data Sharing - [00:45:45]</li> <li>Data Consent - [00:49:27]</li> <li>Data Classification - [00:52:10]</li> <li>3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:55:46]</li> </ul> <p>_____</p> <p><em>Nishant Bhajaria’s Bio</em><br>Nishant Bhajaria is an executive in the cybersecurity and data privacy industry. Having started out as an engineer with a second act as a product manager, he pivoted to data protection before it became a high-visibility topic. Besides building and leading teams at Nike, Netflix, Google and Uber, Nishant has also authored the recently released Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers - a deep dive into strategies on effectively identifying, communicating and addressing privacy risks using technical strategies. He also teaches courses on LinkedIn Learning on cybersecurity,