
Explore data privacy fundamentals across GDPR, CCPA, and global laws; define personal data and responsibilities, and learn to build a compliant privacy program amid AI risks.
Explore how personal data became the world's most valuable asset and why privacy matters for trust and regulation. Learn from real-world breaches and the global rise of GDPR and CCPA.
Define personal data and sensitive categories, map the data lifecycle from collection to deletion, and clarify the roles of controllers, processors, and third parties under GDPR and CCPA.
Compare the global privacy landscape across GDPR, CCPA, and Asia-Pacific frameworks. Learn how extraterritorial reach and sector-specific laws like HIPAA and FERPA shape cross-border compliance.
Understand GDPR foundations, including dual-territorial reach, eight principles, and six lawful bases for processing, plus key terms like personal data, controller, and processor.
Explore how GDPR empowers individuals with enforceable rights over their data, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, plus protections against automated decision making and profiling.
Explore GDPR enforcement by supervisory authorities, the two-tier fines, and cross-border transfer rules; examine landmark cases, the one-stop-shop mechanism, and UK GDPR post Brexit to guide compliance.
Navigate the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and CPRA, their scope and definitions, and compare CPRA to GDPR with focus on rights and enforcement.
Examine how AI systems require vast personal data, creating privacy risks. Assess training data provenance, unlawful scraping, re-identification, and privacy threats in generative AI and large language models.
Discover how privacy blends law, technology, and ethics, and chart a career from GDPR and CCPA basics to DPO roles and key certifications like CIPPE, CIPT, CIPM, AIGP, and CDPSE.
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Are you looking to understand data privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA, or start your journey toward CIPP/E certification?
This course is your complete beginner-friendly guide to Data Privacy Fundamentals, designed for professionals, students, and anyone interested in understanding how personal data is protected across the world.
Whether you're working in cybersecurity, compliance, legal, IT, or risk management, this course will help you build a strong foundation in global privacy regulations and concepts.
What You’ll Learn
Core principles of Data Privacy and Data Protection
Key concepts of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
Overview of CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)
Introduction to global privacy laws and frameworks
Basics of data subject rights, consent, and lawful processing
Understanding privacy governance and compliance frameworks
Foundational knowledge aligned with CIPP/E exam preparation
Who This Course Is For
Beginners exploring a career in Data Privacy / Compliance
Professionals preparing for CIPP/E certification
Cybersecurity, risk, and legal professionals
Students looking to enter the privacy and data protection domain
Anyone curious about how organizations handle personal data
Why Take This Course
Designed with a practical, real-world approach
Covers high-demand regulations like GDPR & CCPA
Acts as a stepping stone for advanced certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT)
No prior knowledge required