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Information Governance and Privacy

Learn information governance, privacy foundations, Canadian privacy law, AI risks, breach governance, data protection, records controls, and sector governance.

Last Update July 18, 2026
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  • Level: Intermediate
  • Duration: 2.5 Hours
  • Lectures: 5 Lessons
  • Access: 1 Year
  • Language: English
Information Governance and Privacy
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Course overview

Information governance and privacy are essential for responsible data use, digital trust, and regulatory accountability. Poor governance can create privacy harms, security gaps, bias concerns, weak records control, and increased exposure during audits, incidents, or automated decision-making.

The Information Governance and Privacy course covers data types, privacy foundations, Canadian privacy law, AI governance, automation risks, cybersecurity safeguards, breach governance, cloud and vendor oversight, records retention, and sector-specific governance considerations.

Learners will understand how privacy, data governance, AI oversight, protection controls, and stewardship responsibilities support accountable information practices. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course.

Key topics included

  • Personal, sensitive, de-identified, and anonymized data governance

  • Privacy foundations, digital trust, data lifecycle, accountability, and fairness

  • PIPEDA, PPCDA, Québec Law 25, public-sector accountability, and access rights

  • Generative AI, chatbots, deepfakes, automated decisions, bias, and explainability

  • Security safeguards, breach governance, cloud, vendor, transfer, and residency controls

  • Privacy programs, PIAs, DPIAs, retention, deletion, and sector governance

Entry requirements

  • There are no formal academic prerequisites for this course. Learners should have basic English reading and comprehension skills and a willingness to understand privacy accountability, data governance responsibilities, AI-related risks, and responsible information handling. A careful, ethical, and compliance-focused attitude will support successful learning.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for privacy professionals, compliance officers, data governance teams, IT and cybersecurity staff, HR professionals, managers, supervisors, records personnel, public-sector employees, healthcare and finance staff, SME leaders, and employees involved in collecting, using, protecting, retaining, or disposing of organizational information.

Certification

Certificate

Curriculum

20 Topics Covered 2.5 Hours
  • Data Governance, Privacy Foundations, and Digital Trust
  • Module 1 Quiz
  • Canadian Privacy Law and Regulatory Accountability
  • Module 2 Quiz
  • AI, Automation, and Data Ethics
  • Module 3 Quiz
  • Cybersecurity, Breach Governance, and Data Protection
  • Module 4 Quiz
  • Organizational Privacy Programs and Sector Governance
  • Module 5 Quiz
  • Information Governance and Privacy Final Exam

Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone interested in privacy, data governance, AI oversight, or responsible information handling can enroll. The course is suitable for employees, managers, compliance teams, privacy staff, IT personnel, records teams, and professionals involved in managing organizational data.
You will learn about data types, information governance, privacy principles, Canadian privacy law, consent, access rights, AI risks, automated decisions, cybersecurity safeguards, breach governance, cloud and vendor controls, records retention, deletion, and sector-specific governance considerations.
This training is important because organizations rely on data for operations, services, decisions, and digital tools. Strong governance supports privacy protection, ethical data use, security awareness, regulatory accountability, and better control over information throughout its lifecycle.
Yes. The course supports stronger awareness of data lifecycle controls, privacy duties, AI-related risks, breach governance, records management, stewardship, and sector-specific responsibilities. It helps learners understand how accountable information practices reduce risk and support digital trust.
Yes. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course and any required assessments. The certificate demonstrates your understanding of the key principles and practical applications covered in the training.