This essay will discuss the topic of cyberbullying with respect to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), a non-profit association founded in 2000 with a mission to define, support and improve the privacy profession globally, as well as the privacy certifications it offers to ensure that data breaches, identity theft and loss of customer trust are well safeguarded against. The essay will first introduce the topic of cyberbullying, and discuss thereafter how IAPP certifications such as the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and the Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) can help individuals to better manage threats for cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying refers to the act of exposing a person’s private information or reframing their public portrayal without their expressed consent or control (IAPP, 2018). Cyberbullying is a particularly dangerous form of online victimization and exploitation, given the relative anonymity of the perpetrator and the difficulty in identifying and stopping the perpetrator’s actions. This has been linked with lower self esteem, increased suicide risk and greater anxiety among its victims, and cyberbullying as an issue has therefore been the target of interventions by educational media campaigns, school programs, parental oversight and involvement, Congressional legislation and screening and evidence-based interventions by health care providers (Aboujaoude et al, 2015).
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