This leads to (at least) three kinds of badness

1. Technical solutions that are not actually implementable
2. Legal interpretations that don’t survive contact with reality
3. Social solutions that deeply misunderstand the incentives of the various actors

1. Medical federated learning
2. Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems in Education
3. DOGE for Good? (Easier access to benefits)

RCN?

• Use cases -- to get real world examples around which we can coalesce
• Experts -- to get actual implementation details and recommendations
• Regulators -- to highlight areas where additional guidance is possible and would be beneficial

Use cases examined

• Preventing Financial Fraud Across Different Jurisdictions with Fully Homomorphic Encryption
• Hashed Linkages for Administrative Datasets
• Measuring Digital Literacy with Telemetry Data Using Differential Privacy
• Differential Privacy for End-of-Life Data

Regulator Network

• Global Network exclusively composed of DPAs/Regulators

• Informal forum for authorities interested in exploring the nuances of PETs and their policy implications

  Over 110 representatives from 28 jurisdictions around the

  world

• Bi-monthly online meetings and an annual in-person

  meeting, co-hosted by one of the Member authorities

  • Opportunity to learn about latest developments in the field,

    mainly from other Members, academia and policymakers
• Bi-monthly newsletter covering key developments and projects in the field

Call to action

• Certification Scheme for PETs Implementers (with a focus on overlapping PETs)
• RCN like we are doing (come join us)
• But also...