CIPP-C Online Practice Questions and Answers
According to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Model Code, how long should personal information be retained?
A. Personal information should not be retained at all.
B. Personal information should be retained indefinitely as long as consent has been given.
C. Personal information should be retained for at least two years after the last administrative use.
D. Personal information should be retained as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose of the collection.
What must a federal government department do before it implements an electronic service (e-service)?
A. Conduct a preliminary PIA before acquiring the service
B. Complete a PIA in accordance with Treasury Board guidelines.
C. Publish a privacy statement in newspapers and on the government website.
D. Determine if the Office of the Privacy Commissioner must be notified of the launch of this new e-service
A private organization called Vision 3072 must verify the information they are collecting is up to date in order to avoid misinformed actions or decisions. Which privacy principle is intended to make sure this verification is happening?
A. Integrity.
B. Accuracy.
C. Accountability.
D. Limiting purposes.
Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of a particular federal enforcement agency?
A. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established mandatory privacy standards that can then be enforced against all for-profit organizations by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
B. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is authorized to bring civil enforcement actions against organizations whose website or other online service fails to adequately secure personal information.
C. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates privacy practices on the internet and enforces violations relating to websites' posted privacy disclosures.
D. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is typically recognized as having the broadest authority under the FTC Act to address unfair or deceptive privacy practices.
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:
Cheryl is the sole owner of Fitness Coach, Inc., a medium-sized company that helps individuals realize their physical fitness goals through classes, individual instruction, and access to an extensive indoor gym. She has owned the company
for ten years and has always been concerned about protecting customer's privacy while maintaining the highest level of service. She is proud that she has built long-lasting customer relationships.
Although Cheryl and her staff have tried to make privacy protection a priority, the company has no formal privacy policy. So Cheryl hired Janice, a privacy professional, to help her develop one.
After an initial assessment, Janice created a first of a new policy. Cheryl read through the draft and was concerned about the many changes the policy would bring throughout the company. For example, the draft policy stipulates that a
customer's personal information can only be held for one year after paying for a service such as a session with personal trainer. It also promises that customer information will not be shared with third parties without the written consent of the
customer. The wording of these rules worry Cheryl since stored personal information often helps her company to serve her customers, even if there are long pauses between
their visits. In addition, there are some third parties that provide crucial services, such as aerobics instructors who teach classes on a contract basis. Having access to customer files and understanding the fitness levels of their students helps
instructors to organize their classes.
Janice understood Cheryl's concerns and was already formulating some ideas for revision. She tried to put Cheryl at ease by pointing out that customer data can still be kept, but that it should be classified according to levels of sensitivity.
However, Cheryl was skeptical. It seemed that classifying data and treating each type differently would cause undue difficulties in the company's day-to-day operations. Cheryl wants one simple data storage and access system that any
employee can access if needed.
Even though the privacy policy was only a draft, she was beginning to see that changes within her company were going to be necessary. She told Janice that she would be more comfortable with implementing the new policy gradually over a
period of several months, one department at a time. She was also interested in a layered approach by creating documents listing applicable parts of the new policy for each department.
Based on the scenario, which of the following would have helped Janice to better meet the company's needs?
A. Creating a more comprehensive plan for implementing a new policy
B. Spending more time understanding the company's information goals
C. Explaining the importance of transparency in implementing a new policy
D. Removing the financial burden of the company's employee training program
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:
Matt went into his son's bedroom one evening and found him stretched out on his bed typing on his laptop.
"Doing your network?" Matt asked hopefully.
"No," the boy said. "I'm filling out a survey."
Matt looked over his son's shoulder at his computer screen. "What kind of survey?" "It's asking Questions about my opinions."
"Let me see," Matt said, and began reading the list of Questions that his son had already answered. "It's asking your opinions about the government and citizenship. That's a little odd. You're only ten."
Matt wondered how the web link to the survey had ended up in his son's email inbox. Thinking the message might have been sent to his son by mistake he opened it and read it. It had come from an entity called the Leadership Project, and
the content and the graphics indicated that it was intended for children. As Matt read further he learned that kids who took the survey were automatically registered in a contest to win the first book in a series about famous leaders.
To Matt, this clearly seemed like a marketing ploy to solicit goods and services to children. He asked his son if he had been prompted to give information about himself in order to take the survey. His son told him he had been asked to give his
name, address, telephone number, and date of birth, and to answer Questions about his favorite games and toys.
Matt was concerned. He doubted if it was legal for the marketer to collect information from his son in the way that it was. Then he noticed several other commercial emails from marketers advertising products for children in his son's inbox, and
he decided it was time to report the incident to the proper authorities.
How does Matt come to the decision to report the marketer's activities?
A. The marketer failed to make an adequate attempt to provide Matt with information
B. The marketer did not provide evidence that the prize books were appropriate for children
C. The marketer seems to have distributed his son's information without Matt's permission
D. The marketer failed to identify himself and indicate the purpose of the messages
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION:
You are the chief privacy officer at HealthCo, a major hospital in a large U.S. city in state A. HealthCo is a HIPAA-covered entity that provides healthcare services to more than 100,000 patients. A third-party cloud computing service provider,
CloudHealth, stores and manages the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of these individuals on behalf of HealthCo. CloudHealth stores the data in state B. As part of HealthCo's business associate agreement (BAA) with
CloudHealth, HealthCo requires CloudHealth to implement security measures, including industry standard encryption practices, to adequately protect the data. However, HealthCo did not perform due diligence on CloudHealth before entering
the contract, and has not conducted audits of CloudHealth's security measures.
A CloudHealth employee has recently become the victim of a phishing attack. When the employee unintentionally clicked on a link from a suspicious email, the PHI of more than 10,000 HealthCo patients was compromised. It has since been
published online. The HealthCo cybersecurity team quickly identifies the perpetrator as a known hacker who has launched similar attacks on other hospitals ?ones that exposed the PHI of public figures including celebrities and politicians.
During the course of its investigation, HealthCo discovers that CloudHealth has not encrypted the PHI in accordance with the terms of its contract. In addition, CloudHealth has not provided privacy or security training to its employees. Law
enforcement has requested that HealthCo provide its investigative report of the breach
and a copy of the PHI of the individuals affected.
A patient affected by the breach then sues HealthCo, claiming that the company did not adequately protect the individual's ePHI, and that he has suffered substantial harm as a result of the exposed data. The patient's attorney has submitted
a discovery request for the ePHI exposed in the breach.
What is the most effective kind of training CloudHealth could have given its employees to help prevent this type of data breach?
A. Training on techniques for identifying phishing attempts
B. Training on the terms of the contractual agreement with HealthCo
C. Training on the difference between confidential and non-public information
D. Training on CloudHealth's HR policy regarding the role of employees involved data breaches
What is the main purpose of requiring marketers to use the Wireless Domain Registry?
A. To access a current list of wireless domain names
B. To prevent unauthorized emails to mobile devices
C. To acquire authorization to send emails to mobile devices
D. To ensure their emails are sent to actual wireless subscribers
California's SB 1386 was the first law of its type in the United States to do what?
A. Require commercial entities to disclose a security data breach concerning personal information about the state's residents
B. Require notification of non-California residents of a breach that occurred in California
C. Require encryption of sensitive information stored on servers that are Internet connected
D. Require state attorney general enforcement of federal regulations against unfair and deceptive trade practices
Which of the following is commonly required for an entity to be subject to breach notification requirements under most state laws?
A. The entity must conduct business in the state
B. The entity must have employees in the state
C. The entity must be registered in the state
D. The entity must be an information broker