ISLF members and certification holders agree a professional standard of conduct for all disciplines within data protection fields is paramount to successfully influencing organizational leaders, as well as leading employees of these organization to ensure for the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, availability of sensitive information assets. As a member of this group, I agree to

• perform my data protection duties with due care and consideration to all stakeholders with whom I directly or indirectly serve, to the best of my abilities and within the limitations of the direction and resources afforded to me by the organization I serve;
• honor the confidentiality I am bound to within the sphere of my role with my employer, its customers, and other organizations I have professional engaged with;
• not to make any false or intentionally misleading representations in the performance of my professional or community duties;
• support and where opportunities prevail, facilitate the education of organizational leaders and other stakeholders;
• perform my professional duties with my employer and serve in the professional community, void of discriminatory behavior or actions of any kind, either direct or otherwise, i.e., reverse discrimination. This is to say that I will act and communicate in a manner that respects equally, all professional regardless of race, sex, age, nationality, religion, or language. Additionally, I will not participate in any activity or event that promotes one class of professional over any other; each person shall stand and be judged based solely on the merits of their conduct, character, and quality of expertise; and
• perform my professional duties in a way that promotes and respects the principles of a democratic society;