Course Description (from the course website)
This 2-day General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Foundation course provides a comprehensive introduction to the EU GDPR and an overview of the key implementation and compliance activities required now that the GDPR is legally enforceable. This GDPR Foundation course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to the GDPR
- Key GDPR terminology
- An introduction to the GDPR’s structure – the legal articles and recitals
- Main differences between the Data Protection Act and the EU GDPR
- Principles of the GDPR
- Key roles and features of the GDPR
- The rights of Data subjects
- Lawful processing of personal data
- Subject access requests and how to deal with them
- Complying with the EU GDPR
- Privacy by design
- Binding Corporate Rules
- Data protection impact assessments (DPIA)
- Breach reporting and responses
- The role of the DPO
