Identifying Personal Data Processing for Code Review. (arXiv:2301.01568v1 [cs.SE])

Code review is a critical step in the software development life cycle, which
assesses and boosts the code's effectiveness and correctness, pinpoints
security issues, and raises its quality by adhering to best practices. Due to
the increased need for personal data protection motivated by legislation, code
reviewers need to understand where personal data is located in software systems
and how it is handled. Although most recent work on code review focuses on
security vulnerabilities, privacy-related techniques are not easy for …

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