Training Tools

🎓 Synthetic Data Binder

Synthetic data mimics real datasets without exposing personal records. It helps agencies share and test data safely while protecting privacy. This guide walks through key steps for a pilot: setting goals, defining datasets, addressing IT and legal needs, using checklists, and communicating with stakeholders.

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🎓 PETs Training Series

PETs 101: Introduction to Privacy Enhancing Technologies

An overview of what PETs are, why they matter, and how they’re used in education.
Presenters: Amy O’Hara, Stephanie Straus
Date: April 18, 2023
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PETs 201: Input Privacy

Focuses on secure linkage techniques like secure multiparty computation and hashing.
Presenters: Amy O’Hara, Stephanie Straus
Date: July 21, 2023
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PETs 202: Output Privacy

Explores PETs like differential privacy and synthetic data, and how to reduce disclosure risks while maximizing data utility.
Presenters: Amy O’Hara, Stephanie Straus
Date: Oct 18, 2023
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PETs 301: Privacy Risks & Assessments

Teaches how to conduct privacy risk and disclosure risk assessments and introduces threat models and legal frameworks.
Presenters: Amy O’Hara, Stephanie Straus
Date: Jan 18, 2024
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