International Association of Privacy Professionals

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) is a not-for-profit, non-advocacy membership association founded in 2000. It provides a forum for privacy professionals to share best practices, track trends, advance privacy management issues, standardize the designations for privacy professionals and provide education and guidance on opportunities in the field of information privacy. The IAPP offers a full suite of educational and professional development services, including privacy training, certification programs, publications and annual conferences.

The IAPP claims to be the world’s largest association for the information privacy professionals, with more than 20,000 members in 83 countries, headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Initiated in 2000, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) was originally constituted as the Privacy Officers Association (POA). In 2002 it became the International Association of Privacy Officers (IAPO) when the POA merged with a competing group, the Association of Corporate Privacy Officers (ACPO). The group was renamed to the International Association of Privacy Professionals in 2003 to reflect a broadened mission to include the ranks of corporate personnel, beyond the position of Chief Privacy Officer, engaged in privacy-related tasks.

Membership reached 10,000 in 2012 and expanded rapidly by another 13,000 over the next 3 years. Half of its members are women.

The IAPP is responsible for developing and launching the only globally recognized credentialing programs in information privacy: the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and the Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). The IAPP maintains a common body of knowledge for each certification and achieving a certification demonstrates mastery of a principles-based framework and knowledge base of the subject matter.

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) The CIPP is the first-ever certification offered in information privacy. It has four concentrations, each focused on a specific region or sector (Canada, Europe, U.S. private-sector and U.S. government).

Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) The CIPM demonstrates understanding of the operational aspects of privacy program management.

Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) The CIPT demonstrates understanding of how to manage and build privacy requirements into technology.

Continuing Privacy Education In order to maintain certification, the IAPP requires 10 hours of continuing privacy education (CPE) per year.

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