CNIL and Inria have opened the call for participation for the 10th CNIL-Inria Privacy Award. The award aims to give visibility to work significantly impacting data protection by raising public and/or decision-makers' awareness about the risks and opportunities offered by new technologies. 

The Award

The award will be presented during the Privacy Research Day 2026 that will take place on June 24^th 2026 in Paris (learn more).

Submission Guidelines

Submissions to this award are open until February 20, 2026 to papers published since January 2023.

At least one of the authors must be affiliated with a laboratory located within the European Union.

It should be possible to convey the substance of the contribution of the article in terms accessible to non-experts.

Papers can be submitted via the EasyChair platform until Febuary 20th 2026 at midnight: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2026cnilinriaprivacy

Topics

Examples of possible topics include (without limitation):

• Artificial intelligence, algorithm transparency and explainability;

• Privacy usability;

• User perspective;

• New types of tracking and protections;

• Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs);

• Anonymization and reidentification;

• Applied cryptography;

• Challenges and solutions to implement the GDPR;

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Contact

For more information, visit the dedicated page: https://www.cnil.fr/en/launch-10th-edition-cnil-inria-privacy-award