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An Introduction to Privacy for Technology Professionals

Second Edition

In this official textbook for the IAPP CIPT program, leading minds in the field address how privacy and technology intersect.

Last updated: 2024

Executive Editor:

Travis D. Breaux

“An Introduction to Privacy for Technology Professionals” is an official textbook of the IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) program. It addresses how privacy and technology intersect and examines critical areas of concern in the industry. This edition has been updated to reflect advances in technology, policy and practice. There is also a new chapter on the privacy risks of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Topics covered:

• The impact of privacy on engineering.
• Incorporating privacy into risk analyses.
• The role of encryption and nonrepudiation in building solutions.
• Concepts of identifiability and anonymity.
• Usable and useful privacy interfaces.
• The impact of privacy on tracking and surveillance.
• Concepts of interference and other privacy harms.
• Privacy risks due to AI and ML.
• The integration of security and privacy.
• The roles and management of privacy governance.

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