The CIPP/US Privacy Certification and My Courses and MaterialsJohn Bandler's CIPP/US Privacy Resources - main - seven parts - https://johnbandler.com/cippus/

by John Bandler

This is my new landing page for my CIPP/US materials.

If you want to learn more about what CIPP/US is, and start the first part of my materials, that's in the Part 1 materials. CIPP/US is a privacy certification offered by the IAPP (a non-profit organization devoted to privacy. More about the IAPP in Part 1).

Please excuse some construction disruption as I revamp my webpages and update my CIPP/US privacy study courses.

Links to John's 7 CIPP/US parts

My 2026 online course updates (in progress, not yet live)

Here's some initial comments about my 2026 updates:

  • The core of the body of knowledge (BoK) from IAPP for CIPP/US remains the same and unchanged. Learners should focus on this solid core, and that's what my courses focus on.
  • There have been developments in privacy and privacy law (obviously) which are reflected in the BoK and updated coursebook.
  • Cosmetic changes to body of knowledge
  • Increased emphasis upon understanding (not just memorizing/regurgitating) which my courses already incorporated
  • More notes on my updates to follow.

Website realignment

This is part of a process to realign my CIPP/US and privacy materials on my website.

I have broken longer pages into more manageable parts, and now there is a webpage to correspond to each part of my learning aids, and corresponding to each domain of the CIPP/US body of knowledge (BoK).

My resources and coursesJohn Bandler’s CIPP US course at Udemy. Check for coupon codes and don’t overpay. Udemy does dynamic pricing.

I have built these webpages and two online courses to help people learn about privacy and prepare for this certification exam. I am now in the process of updating them (2026).

I walk through my learning resources in this video: About John's Learning Resources on Privacy and CIPP/US Certification (in 8 minutes), https://youtu.be/Y8M7B5hh2jA. But since you found this page, you don't need to watch the video.

Terminology

Things wouldn't be fun if everyone used the same terminology so here's some notes.

  • The CIPP/US Body of Knowledge (BoK) is broken into five Domains, and they use Roman numerals, I, II, III, IV, V.
  • Here on this website, I call each part of my CIPP/US learning materials a Part.
  • My courses include an introductory part, a part for each CIPP/US domain, then a concluding part. So that's seven parts, and I use Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7).
    • Whether you are taking one of my CIPP/US courses or not, navigating this website is convenient because of this organization.
    • Some of these webpages are long, and the CIPP/US BoK is long, but don't let that intimidate you. Start with the basics, get to know it little by little.
  • At Udemy, I publish a CIPP/US Course, and each course is made up of Sections, which have videos or handouts. My Udemy CIPP/US course has seven sections. Udemy sections align with website parts.
  • At InfoSec Skills (a Cengage company), their largest learning unit is called a Learning Path, and a learning path is made up of smaller Courses. My InfoSec CIPP/US learning path has 7 courses, plus a practice exam. InfoSec Skills courses align with website parts.

References and additional reading

This page is a landing page, see the links above to each part for references and additional reading.

Part 1 has the basic overall references (IAPP links, coursebook, etc.).

This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/cippus. Copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved. No claim to IAPP materials or legal references.QR code to https://johnbandler.com/cippus/

Page posted 3/9/2026, based on my 2021 page at https://johnbandler.com/cipp-us-certification/ and updates throughout the years. Then I adjusted my webpages and this is now the main landing page. This page updated 04/28/2026.