Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :CIPM
  • Exam Name
    :Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
  • Certification
    :IAPP Certifications
  • Vendor
    :IAPP
  • Total Questions
    :272 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :May 05, 2025

IAPP IAPP Certifications CIPM Questions & Answers

  • Question 81:

    What is one obligation that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes on data processors?

    A. To honor all data access requests from data subjects.

    B. To inform data subjects about the identity and contact details of the controller.

    C. To implement appropriate technical and organizational measures that ensure an appropriate level of security.

    D. To carry out data protection impact assessments in cases where processing is likely to result in high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals.

  • Question 82:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:

    Penny has recently joined Ace Space, a company that sells homeware accessories online, as its new privacy officer. The company is based in California but thanks to some great publicity from a social media influencer last year, the company has received an influx of sales from the EU and has set up a regional office in Ireland to support this expansion. To become familiar with Ace Space's practices and assess what her privacy priorities will be, Penny has set up meetings with a number of colleagues to hear about the work that they have been doing and their compliance efforts.

    Penny's colleague in Marketing is excited by the new sales and the company's plans, but is also concerned that Penny may curtail some of the growth opportunities he has planned. He tells her "I heard someone in the breakroom talking about some new privacy laws but I really don't think it affects us. We're just a small company. I mean we just sell accessories online, so what's the real risk?" He has also told her that he works with a number of small companies that help him get projects completed in a hurry. "We've got to meet our deadlines otherwise we lose money. I just sign the contracts and get Jim in finance to push through the payment. Reviewing the contracts takes time that we just don't have."

    In her meeting with a member of the IT team, Penny has learned that although Ace Space has taken a number of precautions to protect its website from malicious activity, it has not taken the same level of care of its physical files or internal infrastructure. Penny's colleague in IT has told her that a former employee lost an encrypted USB key with financial data on it when he left. The company nearly lost access to their customer database last year after they fell victim to a phishing attack. Penny is told by her IT colleague that the IT team "didn't know what to do or who should do what. We hadn't been trained on it but we're a small team though, so it worked out OK in the end." Penny is concerned that these issues will compromise Ace Space's privacy and data protection.

    Penny is aware that the company has solid plans to grow its international sales and will be working closely with the CEO to give the organization a data "shake up". Her mission is to cultivate a strong privacy culture within the company.

    Penny has a meeting with Ace Space's CEO today and has been asked to give her first impressions and an overview of her next steps.

    What is the best way for Penny to understand the location, classification and processing purpose of the personal data Ace Space has?

    A. Analyze the data inventory to map data flows

    B. Audit all vendors' privacy practices and safeguards

    C. Conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment for the company

    D. Review all cloud contracts to identify the location of data servers used

  • Question 83:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:

    Amira is thrilled about the sudden expansion of NatGen. As the joint Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with her long-time business partner Sadie, Amira has watched the company grow into a major competitor in the green energy market. The

    current line of products includes wind turbines, solar energy panels, and equipment for geothermal systems. A talented team of developers means that NatGen's line of products will only continue to grow.

    With the expansion, Amira and Sadie have received advice from new senior staff members brought on to help manage the company's growth. One recent suggestion has been to combine the legal and security functions of the company to

    ensure observance of privacy laws and the company's own privacy policy. This sounds overly complicated to Amira, who wants departments to be able to use, collect, store, and dispose of customer data in ways that will best suit their needs.

    She does not want administrative oversight and complex structuring to get in the way of people doing innovative work.

    Sadie has a similar outlook. The new Chief Information Officer (CIO) has proposed what Sadie believes is an unnecessarily long timetable for designing a new privacy program. She has assured him that NatGen will use the best possible

    equipment for electronic storage of customer and employee data. She simply needs a list of equipment and an estimate of its cost. But the CIO insists that many issues are necessary to consider before the company gets to that stage. Regardless, Sadie and Amira insist on giving employees space to do their jobs. Both CEOs want to entrust the monitoring of employee policy compliance to low-level managers. Amira and Sadie believe these managers can adjust the

    company privacy policy according to what works best for their particular departments. NatGen's CEOs know that flexible interpretations of the privacy policy in the name of promoting green energy would be highly unlikely to raise any concerns with their customer base, as long as the data is always used in course of normal business activities. Perhaps what has been most perplexing to Sadie and Amira has been the CIO's recommendation to institute a privacy compliance hotline. Sadie and Amira have relented on this point, but they hope to compromise by allowing employees to

    take turns handling reports of privacy policy violations. The implementation will be easy

    because the employees need no special preparation. They will simply have to document any concerns they hear.

    Sadie and Amira are aware that it will be challenging to stay true to their principles and guard against corporate culture strangling creativity and employee morale. They hope that all senior staff will see the benefit of trying a unique approach.

    Based on the scenario, what additional change will increase the effectiveness of the privacy compliance hotline?

    A. Outsourcing the hotline.

    B. A system for staff education.

    C. Strict communication channels.

    D. An ethics complaint department.

  • Question 84:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:

    As the Director of data protection for Consolidated Records Corporation, you are justifiably pleased with your accomplishments so far. Your hiring was precipitated by warnings from regulatory agencies following a series of relatively minor data breaches that could easily have been worse. However, you have not had a reportable incident for the three years that you have been with the company. In fact, you consider your program a model that others in the data storage industry may note in their own program development. You started the program at Consolidated from a jumbled mix of policies and procedures and worked toward coherence across departments and throughout operations. You were aided along the way by the program's sponsor, the vice president of operations, as well as by a Privacy Team that started from a clear understanding of the need for change.

    Initially, your work was greeted with little confidence or enthusiasm by the company's "old guard" among both the executive team and frontline personnel working with data and interfacing with clients. Through the use of metrics that showed the costs not only of the breaches that had occurred, but also projections of the costs that easily could occur given the current state of operations, you soon had the leaders and key decision-makers largely on your side. Many of the other employees were more resistant, but face-to-face meetings with each department and the development of a baseline privacy training program achieved sufficient "buy-in" to begin putting the proper procedures into place.

    Now, privacy protection is an accepted component of all current operations involving personal or protected data and must be part of the end product of any process of technological development. While your approach is not systematic, it is fairly effective.

    You are left contemplating:

    What must be done to maintain the program and develop it beyond just a data breach prevention program? How can you build on your success?

    What are the next action steps?

    What analytic can be used to track the financial viability of the program as it develops?

    A. Cost basis.

    B. Gap analysis.

    C. Return to investment.

    D. Breach impact modeling.

  • Question 85:

    An organization's internal audit team should do all of the following EXCEPT?

    A. Implement processes to correct audit failures.

    B. Verify that technical measures are in place.

    C. Review how operations work in practice.

    D. Ensure policies are being adhered to.

  • Question 86:

    Which of the documents below assists the Privacy Manager in identifying and responding to a request from an individual about what personal information the organization holds about then with whom the information is shared?

    A. Risk register

    B. Privacy policy

    C. Records retention schedule

    D. Personal information inventory

  • Question 87:

    How do privacy audits differ from privacy assessments?

    A. They are non-binding.

    B. They are evidence-based.

    C. They are based on standards.

    D. They are conducted by external parties.

  • Question 88:

    As a Data Protection Officer, one of your roles entails monitoring changes in laws and regulations and updating policies accordingly.

    How would you most effectively execute this responsibility?

    A. Consult an external lawyer.

    B. Regularly engage regulators.

    C. Attend workshops and interact with other professionals.

    D. Subscribe to email list-serves that report on regulatory changes.

  • Question 89:

    Your company wants to convert paper records that contain customer personal information into electronic form, upload the records into a new third-party marketing tool and then merge the customer personal information in the marketing tool with information from other applications.

    As the Privacy Officer, which of the following should you complete to effectively make these changes?

    A. A Record of Authority.

    B. A Personal Data Inventory.

    C. A Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA).

    D. A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA).

  • Question 90:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:

    Natalia, CFO of the Nationwide Grill restaurant chain, had never seen her fellow executives so anxious. Last week, a data processing firm used by the company reported that its system may have been hacked, and customer data such as names, addresses, and birthdays may have been compromised. Although the attempt was proven unsuccessful, the scare has prompted several Nationwide Grill executives to Question the company's privacy program at today's meeting.

    Alice, a vice president, said that the incident could have opened the door to lawsuits, potentially damaging

    Nationwide Grill's market position. The Chief Information Officer (CIO), Brendan, tried to assure her that even if there had been an actual breach, the chances of a successful suit against the company were slim. But Alice remained unconvinced.

    Spencer ?a former CEO and currently a senior advisor ?said that he had always warned against the use of contractors for data processing. At the very least, he argued, they should be held contractually liable for telling customers about any security incidents. In his view, Nationwide Grill should not be forced to soil the company name for a problem it did not cause.

    One of the business development (BD) executives, Haley, then spoke, imploring everyone to see reason. "Breaches can happen, despite organizations' best efforts," she remarked. "Reasonable preparedness is key." She reminded everyone of the incident seven years ago when the large grocery chain Tinkerton's had its financial information compromised after a large order of Nationwide Grill frozen dinners. As a long-time BD executive with a solid understanding of Tinkerton's's corporate culture, built up through many years of cultivating relationships, Haley was able to successfully manage the company's incident response. Spencer replied that acting with reason means allowing security to be handled by the security functions within the company ?not BD staff. In a similar way, he said, Human Resources (HR) needs to do a better job training employees to prevent incidents. He pointed out that Nationwide Grill employees are overwhelmed with posters, emails, and memos from both HR and the ethics department related to the company's privacy program. Both the volume and the duplication of information means that it is often ignored altogether.

    Spencer said, "The company needs to dedicate itself to its privacy program and set regular in-person trainings for all staff once a month."

    Alice responded that the suggestion, while well-meaning, is not practical. With many locations, local HR departments need to have flexibility with their training schedules. Silently, Natalia agreed.

    What is the most realistic step the organization can take to help diminish liability in the event of another incident?

    A. Requiring the vendor to perform periodic internal audits.

    B. Specifying mandatory data protection practices in vendor contracts.

    C. Keeping the majority of processing activities within the organization.

    D. Obtaining customer consent for any third-party processing of personal data.

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