Webinar II: Privacy, Data Protection, and Standards: Engineering European Values
This webinar, led by the EDU4Standards Partner Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), offers an accessible introduction to the landscape of standards in privacy and data protection for undergraduate and graduate students from different backgrounds. It will begin with the basics of standardization through the "five W's" of standards: what standards are, why they matter to professionals and organizations, who develops them, how they are developed and applied, and where they are used in information and communication technologies. From there, the talk will explore how law and technical standards interact, including the different ways EU legislation can rely on, encourage, or mandate standardization.
The session will also connect legal ideas to technical realities. What does the GDPR have to do with database design, software architecture, or cloud deployment models? How can broad legal principles be translated into concrete technical properties? To answer these questions, the talk will present how existing privacy standards support the design, development, and assessment of software systems.
Finally, it will look ahead to generative AI, where privacy standardization is becoming an especially active and challenging field. In a world where values must be engineered as well as defended, standards are part of the bridge.
Trust-IT Services' Role
As a core partner in the EDU4Standards consortium, Trust-IT Services leads the communication, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement strategies for the project. Our mission is to bridge the gap between complex standardisation concepts and the wider community, ensuring that crucial educational resources—like this webinar—reach the researchers, innovators, and policymakers who are actively shaping Europe's future. We are proud to support initiatives that foster a robust standardisation culture across the continent and drive the Twin Transition forward.
Further details on the EDU4Standards dedicated event section.