General Data Protection Regulations
Course Overview
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU legislation put in place to protect people’s personal information. Its aims are simple – to ensure that data held about individuals is used fairly and lawfully.
There are many data security scenarios, some of which you may have heard of actually happening, so you will understand why our information needs to be protected.
In this course, the participants will learn the data protection principles and the simple steps organisations and individuals can take to make sure they comply with them. Additionally, this course is packed with downloadable documents and resources for you to keep and has optionally accreditations for your portfolio.
Course Information
Members: £85 + VAT
Non-members: £100 + VAT
Non-members: £100 + VAT
Additional Costs:
Accreditation: £20 + VAT
Objectives
This course consists of many learning objectives which makes this learning very comprehensive for your staff, the objectives include:
Module 1 – Data Protection Principles
- Protecting your personal information – understanding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and why it is important
- Identify the importance of the GDPR and what it is set up to protect
- Understand the role of the Information Commissioners Office and how they regulate
- Review the different types of data; personal data and special categories of personal data and how to process them
- Identify the seven GDPR principles
- Understand the law surrounding international transfer of data
Module 2 – Rights and Penalties
- Establish how to deal with subject access requests
- Learn the legal implications of managing data poorly
- Establish the eight GDPR rights for individuals and how they are applied or can be breached
- Dealing with subject access requests
- Understand the financial and legal consequences of not following the General Data Protection Regulation
Module 3 – Practical Application
- Applying the key elements to practical scenarios for the topics; Privacy notice, Processing the data of young people, Effective security checks, Sharing data with clients and Sharing data internally
- The Dos and Don’ts of dealing with data as part of your job
- GDPR checklist – including downloadable documents for workplace checks
- Working with the ICO
Module 4 – Assessment
A chance to test your knowledge of the topic with scoring
