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DSCI Certified Privacy Professional

Last exam update: Nov 18 ,2025
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Question 1

APEC privacy framework envisages common principles such as Notice, Collection limitation, Use
Limitation, Access and Correction, Security/Safeguards, and Accountability. But it differs from the EU
Data Protection Directive in which of the below aspect?

  • A. APEC privacy framework does not deal with the usage of personal information
  • B. APEC privacy framework does not mandate the binding treaties or directives for member countries
  • C. APEC privacy framework does not have a provision for co-operation between privacy enforcement agencies of members
  • D. APEC privacy framework does not deal with e-commerce
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Question 2

A multinational company with operations in several parts within EU and outside EU, involves
international data transfer of both its employees and customers. In some of its EU branches, which
are relatively larger in size, the organization has a works council. Most of the data transferred is
personal, and some of the data that the organization collects is sensitive in nature, the processing of
some of which is also outsourced to its branches in Asian countries.
Which of the following are not mandatory pre-requisite before transferring sensitive personal data to
its Asian branches?

  • A. Notifying the data subject
  • B. Conducting risk assessment for the processing involved
  • C. Determining adequacy status of the country
  • D. Self-certifying to Safe Harbor practices and reporting to Federal Trade Commission
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Question 3

A multinational company with operations in several parts within EU and outside EU, involves
international data transfer of both its employees and customers. In some of its EU branches, which
are relatively larger in size, the organization has a works council. Most of the data transferred is
personal, and some of the data that the organization collects is sensitive in nature, the processing of
some of which is also outsourced to its branches in Asian countries.
For exporting EU branch employees’ data to Asian Countries for processing, which of the following
instruments could be used for legal data transfer?

  • A. Customized contracts mandating ISO 27001 certification by the data processor
  • B. Standard Contractual Clauses
  • C. Binding Corporate Rules
  • D. Safe Harbor
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D


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Question 4

A multinational company with operations in several parts within EU and outside EU, involves
international data transfer of both its employees and customers. In some of its EU branches, which
are relatively larger in size, the organization has a works council. Most of the data transferred is
personal, and some of the data that the organization collects is sensitive in nature, the processing of
some of which is also outsourced to its branches in Asian countries.
For the outsourced work of its customers’ data processing, in order to initiate data transfer to
another organizations outside EU, which is the most appropriate among the following?

  • A. The vendor (data importer) in the third country, and not the exporter is responsible to put in place suitable model contractual clauses, and hence the exporter does not need to take any action.
  • B. Since the data is processed by the vendor outside the EU, the EU directive does not apply and hence there are no legal concerns
  • C. The data exporter needs to initiate model contractual clauses after obtaining approvals from data protection commissioner and have the vendor be a signatory on the same as data importer
  • D. The data importer need to notify about the transfer to data protection commissioner in the destination country and exporter need to similarly notify in the EU country of origin
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D


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Question 5

With reference to APEC privacy framework, when personal information is to be transferred to
another person or organization, whether domestically or internationally, “the ______________
should obtain the consent of the individual and exercise due diligence and take reasonable steps to
ensure that the recipient person or organization will protect the information consistently with APEC
information privacy principles”.

  • A. Personal Information Owner
  • B. Personal Information Controller
  • C. Personal Information Processor
  • D. Personal Information Auditor
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B


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Question 6

From the below listed options, identify the new privacy principle that is being advocated in proposed
EU General Data Protection Regulation?

  • A. Right to be informed prior to sharing of data
  • B. Right to modify data
  • C. Right to be forgotten
  • D. Right to object data collection and processing
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C


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Question 7

Which of the following statements are true about the privacy statement of an organization?

  • A. Content of the online privacy statement of an organization will depend upon the applicable laws, and may need to address requirements across geographical boundaries and legal jurisdictions
  • B. As per privacy laws generally it is mandatory to mention the phone contact details of the owner of organization in the online privacy statement where customers can reach out in case of a grievance or incident
  • C. Online privacy statement is an instrument to demonstrate to stakeholders how the organization gathers, uses, discloses, and manages personal data
  • D. India’s Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 does not require that privacy policy be published on the website
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Question 8

With respect to ‘Data Minimization’ privacy principle, please select the correct statements from the
following:

  • A. Right to object by the data subject for minimizing the collection of personal information
  • B. Data controllers should limit the amount of data collected to what is directly relevant and necessary to accomplish a specified purpose
  • C. Data controllers should retain the data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected
  • D. Process of analyzing and minimizing the collected data into useful information
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A


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Question 9

Which of the following privacy principle deals with informed consent of the data subject before
sharing the personal information (of the data subject) to third parties for processing?

  • A. Collection limitation
  • B. Purpose limitation
  • C. Disclosure of information
  • D. Accountability
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C


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Question 10

For negligence in implementing and maintaining the reasonable security practices and procedures
for protecting Sensitive Personal Data or Information (SPDI) as mentioned in Section 43A and
associated rules under IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, a corporate entity may be liable to pay
compensation of up to___________

  • A. Rs. 50,000,000
  • B. Rs. 500,000,000
  • C. Rs. 5,000,000
  • D. Upper limit not defined
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D


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Question 11

‘Challenging Compliance’ as a privacy principle is covered in which of the following data protection/
privacy act?

  • A. Federal Data Protection Act, Germany
  • B. UK Data Protection Act
  • C. PIPEDA
  • D. Singapore Data Protection Act
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C


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Question 12

Which of the following is not required by an organization in US, resorting to EU-US Safe Harbor
provisions, to transfer personal information from EU member nation to US?

  • A. Adherence to the seven safe harbor principles
  • B. Disclose their privacy policy publicly
  • C. Sign standard contractual clauses with data exporters in EU
  • D. Notify FTC of the self-certification
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Question 13

Please select the incorrect statement in context of “Online Privacy”:

  • A. A person’s act of ‘Selective disclosure” (of themselves) in an online environment
  • B. A person’s concern over usage of information that were collected during an online activity
  • C. A person’s control over collection of information during an online activity
  • D. A person’s concern on the software licensing agreement they sign with any organization
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Question 14

Complete the sentence:
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) of US regulates the privacy practices adopted by financial
institutions, requiring them to provide adequate security of the customer records. It lays various
obligations on the financial institutions but allows such financial institutions to share the non-public
information of customers (after properly notifying their consumers in a manner mentioned in the
Act) with

  • A. Its affiliates only after obtaining explicit consent from the consumers
  • B. Its affiliates without need for obtaining explicit consent from the consumers for sharing their data
  • C. Its affiliates after disclosure in initial and annual GLBA privacy notices
  • D. Its affiliates after obtaining explicit permission of Federal Trade Commission
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Question 15

Companies based in EU and willing to transfer data outside the EU/EEA, use model contracts as an
instrument. Which of the following statements are true in reference to above statement?

  • A. It is a requirement mentioned in EU Data Protection Directive
  • B. It is a requirement mentioned in the OECD Privacy Framework
  • C. It is a requirement mentioned in the EU E-Commerce Directive
  • D. None of the above
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D


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