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CIPM Exam Questions and Answers
General Goals of a PPM (Privacy Program Manager)
Ans: 1. Identify privacy obligations
2. Identify risks to business, customer, employees
3. Identify existing privacy procedures
4. Create, revise, implement procedures
General Goals of a Privacy Program
Ans: Promote trust, improve reputation, foster awareness, respond
effectively while continuing to monitor, maintain, and improve
Define Accountability in the Context of a Privacy Program
Ans: Ability to not only demonstrate the ability to comply, but also the
actual execution of this compliance, to applicable laws across the data
life cycle - with documented evidence!
Motivations for Privacy Programs
Ans: 1. Regulatory/Legal Compliance
2. Safeguarding against attacks
3. Reputation and Brand
4. Consumer & Employee Trust
5. Maintaining Value of Information Assets
Why must Privacy Programs be implemented "Across the
Organization"?
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Ans: Each functional group will have it's own initiatives and tasks to
support the privacy program, therefore policies should be created and
enforced at the functional level. With widespread buy-in and sense of
ownership there is higher adoption. Success requires collaboration.
A Privacy Program Should Accomplish the Following Three Goals,
with the Ultimate Objective of:
Ans: Three goals: Demonstrate Compliance, Reduce Risk, and Build
Brand Confidence
Ultimate Goal: Achieve safekeeping and responsible use of personal
information
What is Privacy Governance and What are the Components?
Ans: Guiding a privacy function towards compliance and enabling it to
support the business
1. Vision/Mission
2. Scope
3. Framework
4. Strategy
5. Structure Team
Describe a Vision and Mission Statement for Privacy Governance
Ans: Concisely communicates the organization's privacy stance to
stakeholders.
Provides the purpose and ideas of a privacy program in just a few
sentences to communicate to all LOBs. Should be revised as needed.
Internal and external stakeholder consensus is important
Describe Scope for Privacy Governance
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Ans: 1. Identify type of information, and the metadata about that
information (how it's stored and used).
2. Identify regulations and laws that apply. This requires customizing
approach from global and local perspectives. Including cultural
expectations
Sectoral Laws for Scope
Ans: Address a particular industry sector (USA)
Comprehensive Laws for Scope
Ans: Official oversight for governing collection, use, dissemination of PI
(EU, CAN)
What is a Privacy Framework?
Ans: THE WHAT - A manageable approach to operationalizing the
controls needed to address scope.
An Implementation roadmap, provide checklists
1. Principles and Standards
2. Laws, Regulations, Programs
3. Solutions (such as PbD, Privacy Engineering)
What is a Privacy Strategy?
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CIPM Exam Questions and Answers
General Goals of a PPM (Privacy Program Manager)
Ans: 1. Identify privacy obligations
2. Identify risks to business, customer, employees
3. Identify existing privacy procedures
4. Create, revise, implement procedures
General Goals of a Privacy Program
Ans: Promote trust, improve reputation, foster awareness, respond
effectively while continuing to monitor, maintain, and improve
Define Accountability in the Context of a Privacy Program
Ans: Ability to not only demonstrate the ability to comply, but also the
actual execution of this compliance, to applicable laws across the data
life cycle - with documented evidence!
Motivations for Privacy Programs
Ans: 1. Regulatory/Legal Compliance
2. Safeguarding against attacks
3. Reputation and Brand
4. Consumer & Employee Trust
5. Maintaining Value of Information Assets
Why must Privacy Programs be implemented "Across the
Organization"?
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Ans: Each functional group will have it's own initiatives and tasks to
support the privacy program, therefore policies should be created and
enforced at the functional level. With widespread buy-in and sense of
ownership there is higher adoption. Success requires collaboration.
A Privacy Program Should Accomplish the Following Three Goals,
with the Ultimate Objective of:
Ans: Three goals: Demonstrate Compliance, Reduce Risk, and Build
Brand Confidence
Ultimate Goal: Achieve safekeeping and responsible use of personal
information
What is Privacy Governance and What are the Components?
Ans: Guiding a privacy function towards compliance and enabling it to
support the business
1. Vision/Mission
2. Scope
3. Framework
4. Strategy
5. Structure Team
Describe a Vision and Mission Statement for Privacy Governance
Ans: Concisely communicates the organization's privacy stance to
stakeholders.
Provides the purpose and ideas of a privacy program in just a few
sentences to communicate to all LOBs. Should be revised as needed.
Internal and external stakeholder consensus is important
Describe Scope for Privacy Governance
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Ans: 1. Identify type of information, and the metadata about that
information (how it's stored and used).
2. Identify regulations and laws that apply. This requires customizing
approach from global and local perspectives. Including cultural
expectations
Sectoral Laws for Scope
Ans: Address a particular industry sector (USA)
Comprehensive Laws for Scope
Ans: Official oversight for governing collection, use, dissemination of PI
(EU, CAN)
What is a Privacy Framework?
Ans: THE WHAT - A manageable approach to operationalizing the
controls needed to address scope.
An Implementation roadmap, provide checklists
1. Principles and Standards
2. Laws, Regulations, Programs
3. Solutions (such as PbD, Privacy Engineering)
What is a Privacy Strategy?
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