The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto. Chapter 1: The Evolving Landscape of Privacy as Technology improves

Technology innovations have had an impact on privacy throughout history. The Gutenberg press marked the start of the Information Age, democratizing information access and distribution.

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The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto [1] is a great book to understand the basics of Data Privacy and also the engineering aspects of implementing privacy into software applications. This post goes over the key ideas covered in Chapter 1, titled “Technology Evolution, People and Privacy“.

In the general narrative of the tex…