Propelfwd - Data Protection foundation (GDPR) course

This course will provide you with an introduction to the regulations and help you become familiar with the basic components of a GDPR compliance program. We will also look at the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018, pointing out the differences with the GDPR.

This course is focused on GDPR from both a Business and Technical context – it is NOT designed to provide authoritative legal advice

The course will take around 6 hours to complete with a 1 hour exam at the end

Once the course is completed you will:

• Understand the context of GDPR among EU law
• Understand the structure of GDPR to navigate the act
• Understand the consequences of non-compliance with the GDPR
• Understand what personal information is and why it is protected by the GDPR
• Determine the material scope of the GDPR
• Determine the geographical scope of the GDPR
• Determine the difference between data controllers and data processors
• Understand where GDPR is governed in Member States and across the EU
• Understand the 7 principles outlined in the GDPR
• Understand measures that can be taken to comply with the accountability principle
• Understand the records that need to kept to comply with the accountability principle
• Understand the 8 rights of the data subject outlined in the GDPR
• Understand any exceptions to the application of the rights of the data subject
• Understand how to demonstrate security of data
• How to demonstrate data protection by design and by default
• Understand the purpose of a data protection impact assessment
• Understand the impacts of controllers and processors outside of the EU
• Understand how to manage data processors
• Understand the data processing records to keep
• Understand when to appoint a data protection officer and their role
• Understand the purpose of codes of conduct
• Understand certification and certification bodies
• Determine the nuances for data processor compliance
• Understand when and how a data breach can occur
• Understand what information must be provided to the supervisory authority
• Understand what information must be provided to the data subject
• Understand the conditions required to transfer data outside of the EU
• Understand the countries which the EU considers has safeguards
• Determine the roles and responsibilities of supervisory authorities in GDPR
• Understand the powers a supervisory authority has

This course gives a great foundation for people wanting to understand data protection and consider a career in data privacy. This is your first step in that journey, followed by a Data Protection Practitioners course.