CIPP US Privacy Study Part 5

Part 5 of John's CIPP/US Privacy Materials

Workplace Privacy Laws, BoK IV

by John Bandler

This is Part 5 of my U.S. Privacy and CIPP/US and privacy learning materials.

Here we cover cover issues relating to privacy in the workplace. What are the privacy rights of job applicants, employees, and former employees?

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

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Topics covered

There are laws to protect the privacy rights of job applicants and employees.

Some of these laws we might not even think of as privacy laws. For example, anti-discrimination laws might not seem like a privacy law at first glance. But if a law prohibits an employer from making hiring or other employee decisions based on certain protected categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, and so forth, then that law also protects the privacy of the individual against collection of information relating to these characteristics.

The domain has an odd organization and is basically set up regarding:

• Privacy in the workplace introduced
• Privacy before, during, and after employment.

My courses

I have created two online courses to help people learn about privacy and prepare for this certification exam.

• My Udemy CIPP/US course was originally geared for lawyers and law students, but many non-lawyers have taken it too. It is on the Udemy learning platform, and you can purchase it for under $20, including with my coupon code.
  • Go direct to my Udemy CIPP/US landing page (don't buy until you check my coupon code)
  • Check here for a coupon code first (if expired ask me to generate another)
• Another course is geared for information security professionals on the Infosec Skills learning platform, a subscription based platform (Infosec Skills was bought by Cengage).

Overall references for CIPP/US

• See my Part 1 course for the overall references and additional reading (including IAPP resources)
• My courses provide priority coverage of important areas. If you want to dig deeper, I provide those resources on where to start.

Part 5 specific references

• See my Part 1 course for the overall references and additional reading (including IAPP resources)
• My courses provide priority coverage of important areas. If you want to dig deeper, I provide those resources on where to start.
• CIPP/US Certification Privacy Law Compilation, https://johnbandler.com/cipp-us-certification-privacy-law-compilation/
• These references are a work-in-progress as I update my materials

This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/cippus/part5. Copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved. No claim to IAPP materials or legal references.

Page posted 3/22/2026, drawing upon my previous materials. This page updated 04/12/2026.