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Privacy & Identity
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
Techniques such as differential privacy and encryption that protect data during use.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) are techniques that protect personal data while it is being used, such as differential privacy, encryption methods, secure multi-party computation and trusted execution environments. In marketing, they let companies collaborate on data, measure campaigns and build insights without exposing individual-level information.