  Great advances in computing and communication technology are bringing many
benefits to society, with transformative changes and financial opportunities
being created in health care, transportation, education, law enforcement,
national security, commerce, and social interactions. Many of these benefits,
however, involve the use of sensitive personal data, and thereby raise concerns
about privacy. Failure to address these concerns can lead to a loss of trust in
the private and public institutions that handle personal data, and can stifle
the independent thought and expression that is needed for our democracy to
flourish.
  This report, sponsored by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), suggests
a roadmap for privacy research over the next decade, aimed at enabling society
to appropriately control threats to privacy while enjoying the benefits of
information technology and data science. We hope that it will be useful to the
agencies of the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and
Development (NITRD) Program as they develop a joint National Privacy Research
Strategy over the coming months. The report synthesizes input drawn from the
privacy and computing communities submitted to both the CCC and NITRD, as well
as past reports on the topic.
