On January 26, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control ("INRIA") and the French Data Protection Authority (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés) ("CNIL") awarded (source document in French) the European prize to the authors of an article titled "Engineering Privacy by Design Reloaded." The prize promotes scientific research on privacy protection, GDPR requirements, Privacy by Design, and accountability. The wining article analyzes methods used by engineers to apply strategies of Privacy by Design by highlighting different strategies of minimization and providing guidelines to reduce the amount processed by data controllers or data processors.

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