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Professional Certificate · Master's level · CPP-40
Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policies and Negotiation
For: In-house lawyers, start-up founders, digital service managers and compliance officers who draft or negotiate the contractual documents of an online service.
Learning outcomes
- Design terms of use and a privacy policy that are readable and compliant with the applicable texts.
- Analyse the parties' needs and balance of power before a negotiation.
- Defend the organisation's interests in a negotiation.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Terms of use and terms of sale of a digital service: readability, accessibility, language. |
| Week 2 | A privacy policy that is readable, accessible and compliant with the applicable texts, written for the users of a digital service. |
| Week 3 | Preparing a negotiation: the parties' needs and balance of power, mapping of interests, possible concessions. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation: terms and conditions and privacy policy of a fictitious service, followed by a simulated negotiation. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation, assessed against a rubric (70%): terms and conditions and privacy policy of a fictitious service, and simulated negotiation; online knowledge-check quiz (30%).
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Acceptance of Terms and Final Drafting
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-40C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- Proof of acceptance of terms and conditions under loi n°2008-08 (Electronic Transactions Act).
- Record of decisions and final drafting of the negotiated agreement.
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Legal training or experience, or experience in managing a digital service, assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Digital Law, within a period set by the certificate regulations.