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CIPP/US Exam Prep

Master the U.S. privacy legal landscape and pass IAPP's CIPP/US exam with confidence.

Intermediate

Level

5

Modules

18

Lessons

5

Graded quizzes

6 hours

Estimated time

What you will be able to do

  • You will be able to explain how the U.S. sectoral privacy model works and where statutory, regulatory, and self-regulatory sources of privacy law come from.
  • You will be able to distinguish FTC Section 5 enforcement of unfair and deceptive practices from sector-specific federal statutes.
  • You will be able to compare major federal laws (HIPAA, GLBA, FCRA/FACTA, COPPA, TCPA, CAN-SPAM) with state privacy regimes such as the CCPA/CPRA.
  • You will be able to apply private-sector rules for notice, choice, online tracking, marketing, and breach notification to fact patterns.
  • You will be able to analyze government access to private-sector data under the Fourth Amendment, ECPA, FISA, and the Privacy Act of 1974.
  • You will be able to identify the workplace privacy limits on background screening, monitoring, and employee data under FCRA and related law.
  • You will be able to navigate IAPP's scenario-based 'BEST / MOST / FIRST' question phrasing with a repeatable answering strategy.

What is inside

5 modules, 18 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

  1. 01

    US Legal Framework

    Covers the IAPP CIPP/US, Certified Information Privacy Professional (US) US Legal Framework domain (about 22% of the exam), spanning 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

    4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

  2. 02

    Federal & State Privacy Laws

    Covers the IAPP CIPP/US, Certified Information Privacy Professional (US) Federal & State Privacy Laws domain (about 30% of the exam), spanning 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

    5 lessons · 15 quiz questions

  3. 03

    Private-Sector Data Collection

    Covers the IAPP CIPP/US, Certified Information Privacy Professional (US) Private-Sector Data Collection domain (about 26% of the exam), spanning 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

    4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

  4. 04

    Government & Workplace Privacy

    Covers the IAPP CIPP/US, Certified Information Privacy Professional (US) Government & Workplace Privacy domain (about 22% of the exam), spanning 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

    4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

  5. 05

    Exam Readiness & Practice Exam

    Pulls the whole exam together: an exam-day strategy and key-term glossary, then a timed, domain-weighted practice exam written in the real exam style.

    1 lessons · 50 quiz questions