Module 1: Foundational principles of privacy in technology Summarizes the foundational elements for embedding privacy in technology through privacy by design and value sensitive design; reviews the data life cycle and common privacy risk models and frameworks

Module 2: The role of the technology professional in privacy Reviews the fundamentals of privacy as they relate to the privacy technologist; describes the privacy technologist’s role in ensuring compliance with privacy requirements and meeting stakeholder privacy expectations; explores the relationship between privacy and security

Module 3: Privacy threats and violations Identifies inherent risks throughout the stages of the data life cycle and explores how software security helps mitigate privacy threats; examines the impacts that behavioral advertising, cyberbullying and social engineering have on privacy within the technological environment

Module 4: Technical measures and privacy-enhancing technologies Outlines the strategies and techniques for enhancing privacy throughout the data life cycle, including: identity and access management; authentication, encryption, and aggregation; collection and use of personal information

Module 5: Privacy engineering Explores the role of privacy engineering within an organization, including the objectives of privacy engineering, privacy design patterns, and software privacy risks

Module 6: Privacy-by-design methodology Illustrates the process and methodology of the privacy-by-design model; explores practices to ensure ongoing vigilance when implementing privacy by design Module

7: Technology challenges for privacy Examines the unique challenges that come from online privacy issues, including automated decision making, tracking and surveillance technologies, anthropomorphism, ubiquitous computing and mobile social computing