IAPP CIPT exam key topics cover the following details. 

1. Foundational Principles
This domain covers core privacy concepts such as the right to privacy, data protection laws, and frameworks like GDPR, CCPA, etc. It’s about understanding the basic principles of privacy as they apply in the tech world.

2. The Privacy Technologist’s Role in the Context of the Organization
This domain focuses on how privacy professionals work within an organization to ensure compliance with privacy laws, implement privacy practices, and integrate privacy into business processes and workflows.

3. Privacy Risks, Threats, and Violations
Candidates will be assessed on their understanding of privacy risks, how to identify potential threats to privacy, and how violations can occur (e.g., breaches, data misuse) and what strategies can mitigate these risks.

4. Privacy-Enhancing Strategies, Techniques, and Technologies
This domain focuses on the technologies and strategies that help enhance privacy protections. It may involve cryptography, anonymization, secure data storage, and the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).

5. Privacy by Design
This concept involves embedding privacy into the design and architecture of systems and processes, as opposed to treating it as an afterthought. This is a core principle in the GDPR and similar regulations.

6. Privacy Engineering
This focuses on the practical aspects of integrating privacy into technology development processes, such as system design, architecture, and implementation. Topics like data minimization, secure coding practices, and privacy risk assessments are likely covered.

7. Evolving or Emerging Technologies in Privacy
This domain includes new trends and technologies that are influencing privacy practices, such as AI, machine learning, blockchain, and the internet of things (IoT). The focus will be on understanding how these technologies impact privacy and the challenges they bring.