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The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has a main profile in science and technology with an international focus on a variety of programmes of professional study, and great academic breadth. NTNU create knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life. The Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK) at NTNU conducts international competitive research in several areas of cyber security, information security, communication networks and networked services and hosts the Centre for Cyber and Information Security at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU CCIS) as a national centre for research, education, testing, training and competence development within the area of cyber and information security. IIK also host the Norwegian Cyber Range as an arena for training, exercise, education and research in the cyber domain. In additional to, serval research groups in the areas of biometrics, critical infrastructures security, cyber defence, digital forensics, information security management and privacy, cryptography etc. Multidisciplinary Research group on Privacy and data protEcTion (MR PET) is a research group at NTNU CCIS, which focuses on strengthening and encouraging multidisciplinary research on privacy and data protection together with several experts' background to improve the understanding of privacy principles, desires and impacts based on norms, regulations, rules etc. Also, develops/enhances privacy and data protection by design methods to incorporate privacy principles, requirements, and controls to system design as well as increase public and service providers' awareness and transparency in data collection, use, and retention.