I Passed the CIPP exam!!!
Hi Everyone,
Well, it took a little while but I just found out that I finally passed the CIPP exam!!! I am now officially a member of the privacy professional community!!!
For those of you keeping up, I have been posting about my experience studying for the exam. I honestly was not sure whether or not I had passed since some of the questions were more complicated than what I was expecting. I am fortunate that I had some background on various subjects and was able to utilize my legal education in determining the correct response. I think that I definitely benefited from having previous exposure to the topic, especially when the questions related to privacy laws and regulations.
I did best on the section dealing with Workplace Privacy, which was my least favorite topic. It was more relevant to professionals dealing with Human Resources than anything that I enjoy learning. I performed worse on one of my favorite sections: Web Privacy and Security. I enjoyed immensely learning about the various ways that data protection collected from the internet needs to be protected and stored. I am definitely going to pursue further education on this topic and it is a very complex issue that requires a technical and legal background to properly understand.
My certification is good for three year and I have to take 30 hours of Continuing Privacy Educations (CPE) per year. This is probably something that I would do voluntarily so it isn’t that many hours. Plus, the IAPP provides various ways to keep one’s membership current and I am already planning on going to some conferences in NYC.
So I want to thank everyone for the help in studying for the exam. I know that some of you are thinking about taking it. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Thanks again!
Patrick Romero
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sureshd_in said,
May 8, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
Hi Patric,
I am also planning to sit for the exam next month. What are the materials you followed, I currently have Official reference guide provided by IAPP. My background is more into the technical aspects of data privcay.
Thanks
Suresh, CISSP,CISA
Sr. Security Consultant
patrick.romero said,
May 14, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Hi Suresh,
I studied from the material that was provided by the IAPP: the CD-ROM and book. The CD-ROM was a video recording of one of their training sessions and it went along with the slides from the video. I would make sure that I know the black-letter law of the various regulations(GLBA, HIPAA, COPPA, etc). Make sure you know who the law applies to and what are the requirements for compliance. As a CISSP, you will not have any difficulty on 3 out of the 5 sections since they are big on technical issues. This is where I need to educate myself some more but your background will be more advantageous than my legal education. If you have any more questions, please e-mail me at promero06@nyls.edu. Good luck!!!
sureshd_in said,
July 31, 2008 @ 9:48 am
Hi Patrick,
I passed CIPP exam conducted last month, thanks for your tips it was hlepful. I used full 2 hrs time to complete the exam and as you said some questions where tricky. I started answering questions from chapter 3,4,5 as I was more comfortable with that, then went to 1,2 where I spent more time on.
Thanks once again.
Thanks
Suresh