Programme

The course will run in a blended learning mode, combining synchronous online live training sessions and self-study.

The entire programme will run 11 weeks, with each week three live sessions of approx.. 1,5-2 hrs per session.

• Week 1: International Data Protection legal framework (examples Convention 108, OECD Privacy Guidelines, APEC Privacy Framework…) - Essentials

• Week 2: 

  United States (CCPA - California’s Consumer Privacy Act & CPRA - The California Privacy Rights Act) - Fundamentals & Key features

• Week 3: 

  Brazil (LGPD – Data Protection Law) - Fundamentals & Key features

• Week 4: 

  Kenya (Kenya Data Protection Act) - Fundamentals & Key features

• Week 5: 

  Canada (

  PIPEDA - Data Protection Law & Upcoming CPPA)

   - Fundamentals & Key features

• Week 6: EXAM

• Week 7: 

  India (Upcoming PBDP - Personal Data Protection Bill) - Fundamentals & Key features

• Week 8: Japan (APPI - Act on the Protection of Personal Information) - Fundamentals & Key features
• Week 9: Australia & New Zealand (Privacy Acts) - Fundamentals & Key features
• Week 10: China (PIPL) - Fundamentals & Key features
• Week 11: EXAM

Examination

The examination consists of a multiple-choice (MCQ) on each country module, covering a broad range of relevant and practical knowledge and topics that are dealt with in the training courses. Each country exam will consist of 30 MCQ questions.

There will be two exam sessions: the first one after the first 4 country modules (US, Brazil, Kenya and Canada) and the second one after further 4 country modules (India, Japan, Australia & New Zealand, China). The exam session is to take place in a pre-defined timeframe in the week following the last module of each of the two blocks.

To obtain the ECPC-G certification, the participants need to pass at least 6 out of the 8 country module exams. It is mandatory to take all of the 8 exams. To pass each of the module MCQ, the participant needs to have at least 65% of his/her answers correct.