General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Essentials

Course Overview

Every time we buy a product, sign up to a service or get a new job, we willingly hand over our personal information, placing our trust in countless companies to handle our data securely and responsibly, despite frequent news of hacks and data breaches. Good news then that data protection laws have evolved in the form of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which serves to harmonise data protection rules across Europe in favour of the consumer.

As a company employee, the responsibility falls on you to keep individuals’ data safe, secure and processed appropriately. As such, you need to know about, and comply with, the GDPR to avoid serious legal consequences for you and your employer. This course will help you understand the intentions, aims and provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and offers essential, practical advice on how make yourself compliant.

Our GDPR online course will not only help your employees learn how to comply with GDPR regulations, but also understand their responsibilities under the Data Protection Regulation. From HR to Finance, Customer Service to IT, everyone in your business needs to be compliant with GDPR.

This affordable, online GDPR course helps ensure staff and those who handle personal data are equipped with the skills and knowledge to comply effectively with regulations.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

• Recognise why fair and effective data management is important to individuals and to society as a whole
• Understand the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the penalties for breaching these
• Work with information in a way that does not breach the data protection principles and individuals’ rights
• Respond to requests for information from individuals in a way that is legal and effective
• Explain the need for personal data protection
• Outline the important highlights of the GDPR
• Identify key terms and definitions related to the GDPR
• Recognise different aspects of personal data including biometric, online and geolocation identifiers
• Describe special category personal data
• Summarise key processing activities
• Identify the UK?s national regulator, the ICO
• Explain how to respond to a subject access request
• Recognise and report possible personal data incidents and breaches
• Describe the consequences of non-compliance
• List actions that will help them stay compliant

Target Audience

All staff

Please note this is a short introduction only to GDPR. Please see our course on “UK and EU GRPRs” for comprehensive training.