Institutional Agenda

Agenda

• Challenges in moving Privacy Enhancing Technologies from lab to actual products

Transparency Register number: 0801162959-21

Minutes

The EDPS held a third in a series of workshops with Big Tech companies. The meeting with Microsoft gave an overview of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) being developed and deployed at Microsoft. 

Their presentation covered the following topics:

• Confidential computing
• PETs in digital adds (clean rooms)
• Zero Knowledge Proof
• PETs / digital identities (homomorphic encryption)
• PETs in human trafficking data release (differential privacy) 

All EDPS staff is invited to the meeting including Heads of Units and Senior Management

Agenda

• Challenges in moving Privacy Enhancing Technologies from lab to actual products

Transparency Register number: 03181945560-59

Meeting minutes

The EDPS held a second in a series of workshops with Big Tech companies on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. The meeting with Google covered Generative AI’s rapid advancement: foundational understanding of generative AI (GAI); novel challenges for privacy and data protection; its intersection with privacy and data protection, and state-of-the-art privacy-enhancing techniques and technologies (PETs) being developed and deployed at Google. 

Session 1: GenAI & Privacy 

• GenAI Fundamentals;
• GenAI privacy considerations.

Session 2: Introduction to Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and Deep Dive on Synthetic Data 

• PETs as core infrastructure;
• Synthetic Data;
• Pragmatic Principles for Deployment and Testing and Technical Guidance.

Session 3: PETs in Practice at Google 

• The landscape of PETs;
• Where PETs can be applied;
• PETs in products.

Presentation from Meta to the EDPS on advances in Privacy Enhanced Technologies (PETs) included in their product portfolio.

All EDPS staff is invited to the meeting including Heads of Units and Senior Management

Agenda

• Challenges in moving Privacy Enhancing Technologies from lab to actual products

Transparency Register number: 28666427835-74

Minutes

The EDPS held a first in a series of workshops with Big Tech companies on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. The meeting with Meta covered the following:

• Privacy Enhancing Technologies basics: how can PET’s power the future of advertising. Overview of what PETs Meta is currently working with or developing. Assessment of the maturity level of each PET category.
• Privacy Enhancing Technologies: A deep dive into Privacy Preserving Attribution + Q&A: Exchange of views on the key challenges and incentives that could help in the transition of PETs from the lab to the market.
• Next steps

Agenda

• EDPS Review of the Microsoft 365 Case and the Role of the EDPS

Thomas Zerdick, Head of Supervision & Enforcement Unit, participated. The meeting took place online.

Transparency Register number: 3584990101606-73

Minutes

• The meeting focused on the EDPS’ findings the European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365. Thomas Zerdick, Head of Unit “Supervision and Enforcement” outlined the background and conclusions of the investigation.
• The EDPS highlighted the key lessons for controllers arising from the case and used the discussion to provide a broader overview of the EDPS’ supervisory role and activities. The meeting concluded with a Q&A session, offering participants an opportunity to clarify aspects of the decision and to better understand the EDPS’ approach to supervision.