Lessons Learned Deploying the Global Privacy Control to Millions of Customers

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Tuesday, June 04, 2024 - 9:20 am9:35 am

Ryan Guest, Amazon

Abstract: 

This talk will focus on how Amazon deployed the Global Privacy Control (Sec-GPC). The Global Privacy Control is a new web technology that allows customers to restrict the sale of their data, the sharing of their data with third parties, and the use of their data for cross-site targeted advertising. The talk starts by summarizing the standard and how the Global Privacy Control works. Then, we will talk about the different lessons learned when deploying the Global Privacy Control to millions of Amazon customers.

Ryan Guest, Amazon

Ryan Guest is a Principal Software Engineer at Amazon, where he focuses on data privacy. Before joining Amazon, he worked at Salesforce and a legal tech startup. Ryan is a member of the IAPP Privacy Engineering Advisory Board. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Computer Science and enjoys hanging out on the beach with his wife and three young sons.

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