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Director of Privacy

A Director of Privacy is a supervisory position responsible for designing, developing, and overseeing an organization’s privacy program. In some organizations, this role may have public-facing responsibilities such as responding to consumer, government, and media inquiries.

Most common technical skills for Director of Privacy roles

According to market employment data, these are the top technical skills requested by employers:

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Data governance
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Computer science
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SQL (programming language)
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Data management
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Data analysis
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Risk management
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Information privacy
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Auditing
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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The CDPSE certification is designed to assess a privacy professional’s ability to implement privacy by design to enable organizations to enhance privacy technology platforms and products that provide benefits to consumers, build trust, and advance data privacy.
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The Risk IT Framework is designed to assist in developing, implementing or enhancing the practice of risk management by: Connecting the business context with the specific I&T assets.

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