Certified EU General Data Protection Regulation Practitioner (GDPR) Training Course

The EU GDPR Practitioner training course outline

More extensive in scope and application than the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), the EU GDPR extends the data rights of individuals, and requires organisations to develop clear policies and procedures to protect personal data, and adopt appropriate technical and organisational measures. UK organisations have had to comply with the Regulation since 25 May 2018, or potentially face fines of up to 4% of annual turnover or €20 million – whichever is greater.

The four-day Certified EU General Data Protection Regulation Practitioner (GDPR) Training Course focuses on the application of the Regulation, how the data protection principles work in practice, the policies and procedures necessary, and practical guidance on how to implement an effective privacy and information security compliance programme.

What does the EU GDPR Practitioner training course cover?

The course will cover:

• The role of the data protection officer (DPO).
• What constitutes personal data.
• Accountability, the privacy compliance framework and a personal information management system (PIMS).
• Lessons to be learned from common data security failures.
• The six data protection principles – how to apply them and demonstrate compliance.
• The security of personal data.
• An organisational risk management framework.
• Legal requirements for a DPIA.
• How to conduct a DPIA with a DPIA tool.
• Why and how to conduct a data mapping exercise.
• The rights of data subjects.
• Giving and withdrawing consent.
• Handling data subject access requests (DSARs).
• The roles of controllers and processors, and the relationships between them.
• Transferring personal data outside the EU and the mechanisms for compliance.
• How to become GDPR compliant using a compliance gap assessment tool.

Who should attend this course?

Managers with responsibility or involvement for making sure their organisations become GDPR compliant, such as:

• Privacy managers;
• Data protection managers;
• Information security managers;
• IT managers;
• Project managers;
• Corporate governance managers;
• Risk and compliance managers;
• General or privacy counsels; and
• Individuals with little experience but who wish to enter the field of data protection with a professional qualification.

Before joining this course, you must have knowledge of the EU GDPR and have passed the Certified EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Foundation examination.

We would recommend purchasing one or more of the following:

• Pre-course reading: EU GDPR - A Pocket Guide
• EU GDPR - An Implementation and Compliance Guide
• EU GDPR Documentation Toolkit