Data Privacy Law at New Firm Forum

[KunAgnis]

TLS,

I thought I'd seek the communal wisdom yet again. I am leaving my current firm and will join a new firm; while my future areas of practice are not set in stone, I anticipate that I will work in trade secrets and data privacy.

I took many IP courses during law school and so have a general idea of TS litigation, but I haven't the first clue about data privacy.

Does anyone know of a good book/source that would give me a Data Privacy 101? I would love to learn more about it before i join the firm if possible.

[Alive97]

This is a good one, though I'd guess you could probably find something cheaper out there:

https://iapp.org/store/books/a191a000001KOYXAA4/

[KunAgnis]

This is a good one, though I'd guess you could probably find something cheaper out there:

https://iapp.org/store/books/a191a000001KOYXAA4/

Thanks, Alive97. Is it worth the effort and time to get CIPP certified, do you think?

[Anonymous User]

My trajectory has been real estate -> data centers -> data privacy. I have the US certification and think it was a waste of money. I was about to get the M certification too, but I think I'm going to pass for now. The membership fee is also way too expensive. My clients don't know what it is, so I don't think it's helping get work. I really think the certification (and somewhat the organization too) serves to just make money for them as they try and become significant in a growing industry. The test was hilariously easy though. I personally did not need the book (again, overly expensive), but I have a background in technology.

I also moved to a firm to fill the data privacy niche, but there isn't enough work to solely do that at the moment, so I'm doing a lot of tech transactions and helping with data center leasing still.

[KunAgnis]

My trajectory has been real estate -> data centers -> data privacy. I have the US certification and think it was a waste of money. I was about to get the M certification too, but I think I'm going to pass for now. The membership fee is also way too expensive. My clients don't know what it is, so I don't think it's helping get work. I really think the certification (and somewhat the organization too) serves to just make money for them as they try and become significant in a growing industry. The test was hilariously easy though. I personally did not need the book (again, overly expensive), but I have a background in technology.

I also moved to a firm to fill the data privacy niche, but there isn't enough work to solely do that at the moment, so I'm doing a lot of tech transactions and helping with data center leasing still.

I see what you mean. I might need to rethink the cert I guess. The book looked informative enough after I downloaded the preview so I thought why not. I think that data privacy should grow as an industry in the future, though.

[Alive97]

This is a good one, though I'd guess you could probably find something cheaper out there:

https://iapp.org/store/books/a191a000001KOYXAA4/

Thanks, Alive97. Is it worth the effort and time to get CIPP certified, do you think?

The cert is probably best for people trying to get into the field, i.e. they don't already have a job like you. That said I've seen a fair amount of job postings listing the cert as "preferred."