Privacy Engineering and Data Protection
This course bridges the gap between legal privacy requirements and technical system design. It is designed for DPOs to effectively collaborate with IT teams to bake privacy into product development.
£320
Certified Data Privacy Professional
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Privacy Engineering and Data Protection: the short answers
- What is Privacy Engineering and Data Protection?
- This course bridges the gap between legal privacy requirements and technical system design. It is designed for DPOs to effectively collaborate with IT teams to bake privacy into product development.
- Who is Privacy Engineering and Data Protection for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Data Privacy Officers working in cyber security, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Privacy Engineering and Data Protection take?
- Around 20 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Data Privacy Professional, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £320 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Execute Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) for new systems
- Map data lifecycles to regulatory requirements
- Design data anonymization workflows
- Implement data retention and deletion policies
- Establish internal privacy reporting structures
Written by Sarah Jenkins, LL.M. Privacy Counsel. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Data Privacy Professional, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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