Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Build a solid foundation in GDPR principles and personal data protection
- Understand your responsibilities under UK and EU data protection laws
- Reduce compliance risks by applying best practices in everyday tasks
- Support your organisation in maintaining lawful and ethical data use
What will I learn?
- The key principles and scope of the GDPR
- What constitutes personal and sensitive data
- How to handle data securely and lawfully
- The rights of individuals and how to uphold them
Who is this course for?
- Staff in any role handling personal or customer data
- New employees needing GDPR induction training
- Volunteers and temporary workers in data-sensitive environments
- Anyone seeking a clear, accessible introduction to GDPR
Course details
With the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), your organisation will be liable for hefty fines if it doesn’t comply.
If you’re responsible for building and implementing the policies around operations which process data, you need this course. It’s been written in conjunction with data privacy specialist lawyers, Clayden Law, so you can be sure we’ve got you covered.
Built in conjunction with data privacy lawyers, Clayden Law, this seven-module, comprehensive data protection course provides practical advice to staff who are responsible for processing personal data and executing data protection measures within their organisation in line with GDPR compliance requirements.
This GDPR training course contains modules covering definitions and principles, individual rights, consent and other conditions for processing, information privacy notices, breach management and the notifications and steps to data protection legislation compliance – it’s a one-stop shop for policy professionals.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will have a knowledge of:
- About the GDPR and the new Data Protection Act
- The key differences between the current data protection regime and the new one
- What the accountability principle is
- The roles and responsibilities of a Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- What rights people have over the processing of their data and the grounds for the exercising of these rights
- What information needs to be provided to a data subject
- How to respond to subject access requests and other requests from individuals
- The definition of consent and how to obtain valid consent
- The penalties for getting consent wrong
- The legal ways to process data
- What information must be provided in a privacy policy and when this information should be provided
- How to make sure the privacy policy is accurate
- Guidance on what organisations should do to help prevent breaches
- What to do in the event of a breach
This course consists of the following modules:
- Introduction and Background
- Definitions and Principles
- Individual Rights
- Consent and Other Conditions for Processing
- Information (Privacy) Notices
- Breach Management and Notification
- Steps to Compliance
- Course Access Duration: 1 Year
- Course Length: 3 hrs 30 mins
- Recommended Refresh Frequency: 1 Year
