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Privacy and AI Governance Analyst

Privacy and AI Governance Analyst

Work a week in a retailer's privacy team: answer a subject access request properly, assess and report a data breach inside 72 hours, review an AI CV-screening tool before it rejects anyone, find the AI tools staff are really using, and report to the board.
1.5 hrs taught · 4.5 to 8 hrs applied 7 modules 20 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
Created by the CertClue team
What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Subject access response planHow a former employee's request for their personal data will be answered: deadline, identity, search scope, redaction and what goes in the reply.
  • Breach assessmentAn HR spreadsheet sent to the wrong outside recipient: what was exposed, the risk, the reporting decision and deadline, and the fix.
  • AI tool impact assessmentA data protection impact assessment summary for an AI CV-screening tool, covering UK automated decision rules, the EU AI Act date, bias evidence and the safeguards needed before go-live.
  • Board privacy and AI reportThe quarter's privacy and AI governance position for the board: rights requests, breaches, AI tools, the EU deadline, and the decisions needed.

What you'll learn

Privacy and AI governance, kept short
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Quarrenby's privacy desk
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons

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What the job is, UK GDPR after the 2025 Act, and the EU AI Act in plain words.

What privacy and AI governance does, and who gets hired
UK GDPR and the 2025 Act
The EU AI Act in plain words

Requirements

  • Comfortable with the fundamentals this course's own Module 1 covers, or equivalent experience.
  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for privacy and ai governance analyst.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a privacy and ai governance analyst, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
Privacy and AI Governance Analyst

Handles individuals' rights, breaches and assessments, and keeps track of how the organisation uses AI.

Subject access requestsBreach assessmentDPIAs for AI toolsAI inventories
mid
Privacy Manager

Runs the privacy programme and advises the business on new uses of data and AI.

Privacy programmeRegulator relationsVendor and AI riskPolicy
senior
Data Protection Officer

Advises the organisation independently on data protection and reports to its highest level of management.

Independent oversightBoard reportingAI governance strategyRegulatory investigations
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