Certified EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Foundation training course

Our one-day foundation training course to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will help you understand how it could apply to your organization and the potential benefits.

By attending this course you will be better prepared to carry out a discussion around the new regulation, conform to the parameters, as well as understand the background, updated concepts, principles, terms and definitions used in the new GDPR.

This foundation course will also help you understand how the regulation works, so you can prepare and work towards compliance for the new regulation that comes into force on 25 May 2018. Plus you’ll be in a position to start a scoping exercise that can then lead to a gap analysis, privacy impact and risk assessment or a full data protection audit.

Who should attend?

Managers seeking to broaden their knowledge of the GDPR requirements, or those who currently have a role in data protection or information security and need to understand how to comply with the regulation

Individuals with little experience in privacy or data protection but who wish to enter the field having had some exposure to the regulation through training

Individuals who need to understand their responsibilities, from any business area that processes personal information or data including: legal, corporate governance, risk and compliance, management systems, data security, IT services, marketing, financial and accounting and Human Resources.

Suggested job roles and their teams include:

Information security managers
Data protection officers
IT and corporate security managers
Corporate governance managers
Risk and compliance managers
Human Resource managers
Financial and Accounts managers
Internal legal teams
Personal data and records administration teams

What will I learn?

The fundamentals of the EU GDPR, what is required and terminology
Key differences between the Data Protection Acts of old and the EU GDPR
Data subjects, subject access requests and their rights
Dealing with subject access requests
Marketing requirements and potential changes to targeting customers
The implementation path to EU GDPR compliance:
- Privacy by design
- Data protection impact assessments (DPIA)
- Data audits
- Training and competence requirements
- Incident response and breach reporting
- Updating policies and procedures
International data transfers
Replacing Safe Harbor, the Privacy Shield and the new requirements.

How will I benefit?

Be recognized as a knowledgeable profession on the topic and fundamentals of the new regulation
Gain the confidence to interpret data protection regulations and ensure best practice around the compliance of GDPR
Greater ability to identify potential impacts of privacy on IT products and services at the beginning of their lifecycle