Privacy Engineering

When to Activate

• Building features that collect or process user data (name, email, location, health, etc.)
• Implementing GDPR / CCPA / HIPAA compliance requirements
• Designing database schemas with personal data fields
• Setting up data pipelines or analytics systems
• Reviewing code that logs user data
• Implementing Right to Erasure (RTBF) or data export features
• Creating test fixtures or seeding databases with realistic data

Privacy-by-Design Principles (Ann Cavoukian)