Career track
Privacy & Data Protection Track
For professionals who want to enter, grow or reposition themselves in privacy, data protection and DPO-track roles. The track is structured by level: foundation, career bootcamp, certification support, advanced management and ongoing development.
Privacy & Data Protection Track
Choose your privacy programme
Foundation
Registration open
European Privacy Foundations
A 4-week expert-led programme for professionals who want to build a structured foundation in European privacy, understand the profession and prepare for the Privacy Career Bootcamp.
Best for
- Beginners and career changers
- Legal, compliance, HR, IT, product, operations or business professionals newly exposed to privacy
- People preparing to enter the Privacy Career Bootcamp
Format
- 8 live online sessions
- 2 sessions per week · 90 minutes each
- 12 live hours in total
- Recordings of all live sessions available to enrolled participants
- Independent work with recognition drills, document teardowns and the workbook
- Final assessment
- Certificate of Completion
Expected commitment: approximately 20–24 hours in total, including live sessions and independent work
- Dates
- To be announced
Price€490
Upgrade credit: Continue into the Privacy Career Bootcamp within 6 months and 100% of the Foundations fee will be credited toward the Bootcamp.
Core programme
Applications open
Privacy Career Bootcamp
A 12-week live career bootcamp where participants work through one running EU smart wearable case company, build a cumulative privacy compliance file, prepare strategically for CIPP/E and turn practical work into career evidence for privacy, DPO-track roles or internal growth.
Best for
- Professionals serious about moving into privacy
- Junior privacy, legal and compliance professionals
- People aiming for Privacy Analyst, Privacy Specialist, Privacy Counsel, Privacy Manager or DPO-track roles
- Professionals who want practical documents, feedback and career direction
- Professionals who want certification readiness as part of a broader career path, not only exam preparation
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- First cohort
- 9 November 2026
- Format
- Live online cohort
- Language
- English
Founding cohort price€2,200€1,800
Special price for the first cohort.
Certification support
CIPP/E readiness built into the Bootcamp
The Privacy Career Bootcamp includes CIPP/E-oriented preparation as part of the wider professional journey. Participants build the European privacy foundation, learn how to approach certification topics strategically and receive guidance for their exam preparation.
The official CIPP/E examination and certification are administered separately by the IAPP and are not included in the Bootcamp fee.
Exam preparation
CIPP/E Exam Sprint
A focused exam-preparation sprint for learners and Bootcamp graduates who already have the required European privacy foundation and want to prepare strategically for the CIPP/E examination.
Status: Coming soon
Advanced management
Privacy Management & CIPM Programme
An advanced management programme for professionals moving from privacy law and compliance knowledge into privacy programme management.
Designed for professionals who want to establish, maintain and manage privacy programmes, strengthen their privacy leadership profile and prepare for CIPM-oriented management responsibilities.
Registration open