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Examination

 

In order to obtain the ECPC-M Privacy Management Certification, participants need to pass an examination. The examination consists of:

  Multiple-choice (MCQ) exam
  Written exam

The exam will take place on the last day of the masterclass programme. Both exams need to be passed with positive result (60% at least).

 

Requirements - who can apply for the ECPC-M

Participants who wish to obtain the ECPC-M certification must hold the Maastricht University Professional Certificate 'ECPC-B DPO’ - or equivalent.
Candidates who do not hold the ECPC-B DPO Certificate can apply if they hold another relevant professional certification not older than two years and obtained after having attended a training course of at least 32 teaching hours followed by an examination.

 

Certificate validity

Privacy and data protection issues change continuously; for this reason, our training courses focus on giving you the right methodology at hand to properly implement and update your privacy management and data governance model. Nevertheless, it is important to keep yourself ahead and update your knowledge regularly. Therefore, the ECPC Professional Privacy Management Certification (ECPC-M) is valid for a first period of three years. After this initial period of three years, you will need to prove the following every three years in order to maintain the validity of your certification:

  • Completion of at least 10 hours of ECPC training on data protection related issues, seminars, workshops or webinars*;
  • 10 hours of academic teaching or speaking in public at conferences/events about data protection topics of the ECPC exam blueprint;
  • Publishing at least 10,000 words of publicly accessible research-based material (e.g. papers, articles, newsletters…) related to the data protection topics of the ECPC exam blueprint. Materials published for purposes internal to a certified person’s organization are not eligible.

 

* when choosing for ECPC training, the extension of your certificate is included in the participation fee. When choosing one of the other options to maintain the validity of your certificate, we will charge an administrative fee of EUR 475.

The following ECPC courses are suitable for re-validating your ECPC-M Certification: