Next batch starts 1 October 2026

Asian School of Cyber Laws

Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO)

Prepare for practical privacy work across 95+ countries and 155+ laws. Learn to audit, advise and manage compliance using vDPO Platform, Auditor and Advisor, with hands-on assessments, controls, documentation and simulated client projects. Includes:

Syllabus

  1. Understanding Data Privacy Law Compliance
  2. Compliance under 155 laws across 95 countries
  3. Analyzing software code against privacy laws & security standards
  4. Preparing Data Breach Notification, DSAR, DPIA, and more
  5. Building Privacy Compliance Programs
  6. Conducting Gap Assessments
  7. Cross-Border Data Transfers
  8. Audit Readiness and Compliance Reporting
₹35,000
+ GST
Why multi-jurisdictional

Privacy obligations do not stop at borders

Global clients
Remote teams
Cloud infrastructure
International vendors

Modern businesses rarely operate within a single jurisdiction. A company based in India may serve customers in Europe, employ remote teams across Asia, use cloud infrastructure in the United States and engage vendors around the world. Each relationship can introduce different privacy laws, regulatory expectations and contractual obligations.

CDPO therefore does not treat data protection as the study of one country’s law. The programme develops the ability to address individual rights, consent, security, breach response, vendor management, international transfers and accountability across multiple legal frameworks.

Learn to identify applicable laws, compare requirements and build one coordinated compliance programme across jurisdictions.

What's included with CDPO

1-year vDPO Learner licence for 5 fictional clients.
Value: Rs 41,300
1-year vDPO SAAS licence for 3 real clients.
Value: Rs 63,720
3-year membership of the Directory of Certified Data Protection Officers.
3 simulated compliance exercises
1 real-world compliance project
Exper-led discussions
Certified Data Protection Officer credential from Asian School of Cyber Laws
Trial access to vDPO Auditor and vDPO Advisor
Platform-based learning

Learn compliance inside a professional platform

CDPO is an expert-level course built around the vDPO platform, so you learn data protection compliance by working directly inside a live professional tool instead of only studying theory.

vDPO Platform

The real challenge in data privacy law compliance is keeping thousands of requirements aligned, updated, and operational.

vDPO Platform is built to solve this problem for DPOs, privacy consultants and compliance teams. It runs your privacy compliance programme end to end with client-specific compliance plans, AI-assisted document review and policy template generation.

  • 4,897 practical compliance controls
  • 95 jurisdictions
  • 155 privacy laws

vDPO Auditor

vDPO Auditor plugs into your AI coding assistant and audits your actual codebase against applicable privacy laws and security standards.

vDPO Advisor

vDPO Advisor plugs into your AI assistant to prepare privacy filings and compliance documents including Data Breach Notifications, Data Subject Rights (DSAR), and Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).

After this programme

What you will be able to do after the CDPO course

Fractional Data Protection Officer

Provide ongoing DPO expertise to multiple organisations on a retained, part-time basis. Manage each client efficiently using the vDPO platform.

Data Protection Officer (Employed)

Hold the statutory DPO role at an organisation required to appoint one under the DPDP Act 2023. Own the compliance programme end to end.

Privacy Compliance Manager

Oversee the full data protection compliance programme for a company or group of companies. Report directly to senior leadership.

Legal Counsel (Data Law)

Advise on data breach response, consent frameworks, data subject rights, and cross-border transfer obligations under Indian and global law.

Data Governance Specialist

Build and manage data governance frameworks that keep organisations compliant, audit-ready, and prepared for Board-level scrutiny.

Risk & Compliance Advisor

Assess data protection risks and advise senior leadership on privacy-by-design strategy, incident response, and regulatory engagement.

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