I am happy to announce the Office of Privacy and Data Protection has received a grant award from the State & Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. The funding will allow us once again to offer privacy certification training for any public employees in the state of Washington, including state and local government, who want to continue professional development in the privacy field. We have teamed up with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to purchase 50 vouchers for privacy certification training. For more information about IAPP and the certification program you can visit https://iapp.org/certify/.
Three certifications will be offered as a part of the training program: the Certified Information Privacy Professional for US (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT).
If you or someone at your agency is interested in the training and exam, you can apply for the training voucher online. Under the current proposal we have 50 seats statewide for all public employees. This includes both state and local jurisdictions. If you have an interest please apply!
OPDP Privacy Certification Voucher Application
More resources for Enterprise Privacy and Data Protection Policy
In case you missed it, OPDP hosted a webinar Aug. 29, 2024, to walk through the additional Privacy Policy Implementation Resources we posted last month. These resources include:
- Example Privacy Policy
- Privacy Notice Implementation Guidance
- Privacy and Data Protection Policy Crosswalk
- Webinar Slide Deck
For more information on the resources or and the webinar recording visit
Government Agency Resources | WaTech.
Artificial Intelligence
Several subcommittees of Washington AI Taskforce have held public meetings to kick-off each respective subcommittee work. All of the meetings are open public meetings and can be viewed on TVW. The first Consumer Protection and Privacy subcommittee meeting was held August 13th where a wide variety of topics were discussed relating to the scope of the subcommittee, security of AI, examples of AI legislation, definitions, and risks of AI. For more information about the AI Task Force and how to get involved in subcommittees visit: https://www.atg.wa.gov/aitaskforce
In case you missed it
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to be on StateScoop Priorities Podcast where I discussed AI and the variety of work on AI happening in Washington.
Thanks and see you next month with more updates!
Katy Ruckle
State Chief Privacy Officer