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Certified Information Privacy Technologist

Licensing authority: IAPP

Initial by examination
CIPT Exam
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Passing the examination precedes activation; IAPP membership or a certification maintenance fee is required for active certification.

CIPT Exam

Provider
IAPP
Format
Multiple-choice examination
Exam questions
Total questions: 90.
Time limit
2.5 hours
Passing score
300 on a 100–500 scale
Examination outline

The authority publishes question-count ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • The privacy technologist’s role in the context of the organization — Official range: 15–19 questions (Practice allocation: 22.67%)
    • Identify and implement legal and procedural roles and responsibilities
    • Identify and implement technical roles and responsibilities
    • Demonstrate knowledge of privacy risk models and frameworks and their roles in legal requirements and guidance
    • Understand the connection between data ethics and data privacy
  • Data collection, use, dissemination and destruction — Official range: 19–23 questions (Practice allocation: 28%)
    • Demonstrate how to minimize privacy risk during personal data collection
    • Demonstrate how to minimize privacy risk during personal data use
    • Demonstrate how to minimize privacy risk during personal data dissemination
  • Privacy risk management — Official range: 17–21 questions (Practice allocation: 25.33%)
    • Demonstrate how to minimize the threat of intrusion and decisional interference
    • Identify privacy risks related to software security
    • Understand the privacy risks and impact of techniques that enable tracking and surveillance
    • Understand the privacy risks and impact involved when using workplace technologies
    • Demonstrate how to monitor and manage privacy risk
  • Privacy by design — Official range: 7–9 questions (Practice allocation: 10.67%)
    • Implement privacy by design principles
    • Evaluate privacy risks in user experiences
  • Privacy engineering and privacy governance — Official range: 9–11 questions (Practice allocation: 13.33%)
    • Understand and implement privacy engineering objectives
    • Manage and monitor privacy-related functions and controls
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