The Privacy Design Lab

Fiedldnotes by the Privacy Design Lab is an education-first newsletter for leaders and teams who know the what and the why about data privacy but want to dig into the how. Practical privacy discussion and applied tools.

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Privacy Engineering

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Feb 24, 2026

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8 min read

Channeling Your Inner Privacy Engineer

A practical mindset for product teams. Ship fast, collect less, and avoid accidental data chaos!

Alia Luria

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Online Privacy

Feb 24, 2026

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10 min read

Your Privacy Notice is a Promise that You May Not Be Keeping

A practical, non-legal guide to keeping your website privacy notice, your cookie banner, and your site behavior telling the same story.

Alia Luria

Data Retention

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Feb 24, 2026

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10 min read

Your Old Data is Not a Family Heirloom

It’s not going to end up on Antiques Roadshow with a surprise valuation, so let this be a gentle intervention to move your data retention program from “we should delete” to “we did delete.”

Alia Luria

Incident Response

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Feb 24, 2026

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11 min read

When You Contract with a Vendor, You Don’t Just Entrust Them with Your Data

You also entrust them with your reputation.

Alia Luria

Tracking Technologies

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Feb 24, 2026

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8 min read

Cookie Banner Theater

When the User Clicks "No" but the Cookies Still Fire

Alia Luria

Incident Response

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Feb 24, 2026

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13 min read

Why We Should Stop (Always) Treating Privacy Tabletop Exercises Like Fire Drills

And start treating them like routine training exercises

Alia Luria