Speaker: Fernando Pérez-González – Full Professor at the Department of Signal Theory and Communications (TSC) University of Vigo
Think your data is safe because it’s “anonymized”? Think again. In this talk, I’ll reveal why privacy risks are far greater than most people realize. We’ll explore shocking real-world cases where supposedly anonymized data was easily re-identified, and I’ll demonstrate attacks that can infer sensitive details about individuals, sometimes with alarming accuracy. From statistical inference to reconstruction attacks, you’ll see just how vulnerable personal data can be. But it’s not all doom and gloom: I’ll also introduce powerful privacy-preserving technologies, from differential privacy to secure computation, and share practical steps you can take to protect yourself.