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The Higher Education CPO Primer, Part 1: A Welcome

Kit for Chief Privacy Officers in Higher Education
Monday, February 1, 2021

Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports

Author(s):
Sol Bermann
,
Susan Blair
,
Sara Chambers
,
Mike Corn
,
Denise Dolezal
,
Patrick Feehan
,
Jeff Gassaway ,
Lisa Ho
,
Gary Miller ,
Sarah
Morrow
,
Geoff Nathan
,
Leonard Nelson
,
Jane Rosenthal
,
Scott Schafer ,
Kent Wada

Sources(s):
Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC)

Compliance
,
Cybersecurity
,
Data Privacy
,
Federal Privacy Law
,
Risk Management
,
Privacy

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The Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers Working Group has created this resource to
serve as a welcome kit for CPOs in higher education. The CPO Primer (part one) is
intended to provide an overview and introductory body of knowledge to help new CPOs
(or those new to higher education) better understand their job and the challenges unique
to colleges and universities. The main audience for this document is a CPO or person
with primary institutional responsibility for privacy.

 This document covers the following topics:

1. Privacy’s role in higher education and how the privacy officer and privacy
function fit within a college or university’s organizational structure

2. Key areas of focus and components of a privacy programs

3. The relationship between (and balance of) privacy and security

4. Basic information about federal, state, and international privacy laws applicable
to higher education (appendix A)

5. Common privacy frameworks and standards (appendix B)

6. Professional resources that provide support or guidance and a brief list of

recommended readings (appendix C)

Part two of the primer, provides a roadmap describing how to create a new privacy
program in higher education and how to operationalize it using some of the frameworks,
key components, and resources mentioned here. 

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