Certified Data Protection Practitioner

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Who Should Attend?

This Certified Data Protection Practitioner Course is ideal for individuals and professionals across various industries who hold significant responsibility for data protection within their organisations or are interested in pursuing a career in data protection.
• Compliance Officers
• Data Protection Officers and aspiring Data Protection Officers
• Information Security Officers/Technologists/Cyber Security
• HR
• Health & Safety
• Database Administrators
• Marketing
• A.I. Implementation Specialists
• Legal Professionals
• Business Leaders and Senior Management handling personal data
• Voluntary Organisations C Suite

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Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate practical knowledge and understanding of current data protection requirements in Ireland.

Develop and implement effective data protection policies and procedures for their organisations.

Understand the key provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018, and how they apply in their working environments

Course Content Overview

1. Data Protection Rationale and Legislation Background
2. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
3. Key Data Protection Terms
4. Data Protection Principles/Concepts
5. Lawful Bases for Data Processing
6. Data Subject Rights and Subject Access Requests
7. Data Protection Transparency
8. Personal Data Breaches
9. Key Players and their roles
10. Supervisory Authority
11. Organisational Responsibilities
12. Regulation and Enforcement
13. Risks and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
14. Infringement, Fines, Sanctions
15. Overseas Transfer of Data

Certification & Assessment

Once you have completed the course and your exam preparation, you’re ready to take the CDPP Exam. The CDPP Exam is a closed-book and closed-notes exam. The CDPP Exam is a 45 minute long exam and is composed of 40 multiple-choice questions.

To pass, you must correctly answer at least 70% of the questions (ie. 28 questions out of 40). Any unanswered questions will be marked incorrect.

Valid, government-issued photo identification is required to take the CDPP Exam. The CDPP Exam is computer-based and is delivered and live-proctored by Prometric. The exam at a location of your choice at an approved Prometric Testing Centre

On completion of the course and passing your exam you will earn the industry recognised Certified Data Protection Practitioner certification.

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How Do I Register?

Training courses are run by Accredited Training Providers in various locations around the country. On completion of the training course, the Training Provider will schedule the examination which must be passed to obtain the CDPP certification. The CDPP certification is renewable annually, on verification of the holder’s relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the topic.

If you are not yet an ICS Member, your first year ICS Membership is included in your CDPP course fee, letting you participate in ICS and ADPO activities.

Please note, the CDPP certification assists with the necessary professional qualifications required for entry to the DCU Graduate Certificate course in Data Protection.

CDPP News

ICS Adopts Leading Data Protection Guide as Core Text for Professional Certification

CDPP Webinars

The ADPO Training Committee will be hosting a series of webinars aimed at highlighting the importance and benefits of the CDPP Course, watch your emails for more information and dates.