GDPR UK Essentials Online Training Course

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This online GDPR Essentials training course is suitable for anyone who handles personal data at work and explains how and why you play a crucial part in complying with the UK GDPR at work to keep people's personal data safe.

The UK left the EU on the 31st January 2020 and entered a transition period where all EU regulations - including the GDPR - continued to be enforced. This period ended on the 31st December 2020 and the UK and the GDPR parted ways for good, well, almost. In order to continue trading with the EU, the UK needs to share data; and to share data with the EU, the UK needs to have data protection legislation
which is at least as robust as the GDPR.

As a result, the EU Regulation was brought into UK law, amended slightly to make it more relevant, and now it sits alongside other data protection laws and regulations which, together, make up the UK GDPR.

UK GDPR is the collective name for a few different pieces of data protection legislation.

The official name is the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations, but UK GDPR is much easier to remember.

This GDPR Essentials training course focuses only on the GDPR in the UK.

This course is split into two sections.

1. Background

This section covers the definition of Personal Data, which is anything which identifies or could identify someone and Processing, which means doing anything with the data, even just storing it.  This section also looks at the role of Data Controllers and Data Processors.  Data Controllers control the flow of data and decide what data they want to collect, why they want to collect it, and how long they will keep it.  Data Processors only handle data at the request of a Data Controller and only in the way in which they are instructed.  The definition of Data Subject is also covered and the role of The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

2. The Regulation

The 7 Principles of the GDPR form the backbone of the Regulation.  These are:

• Principle 1: Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency
• Principle 2: Purpose Limitation
• Principle 3: Data Minimisation
• Principle 4: Accuracy
• Principle 5: Storage Limitation
• Principle 6: Integrity and Confidentiality
• Principle 7: Accountability

By the end of this section, you will understand what they are and what they mean for your role at work.  It will also explain why they are so important.

The responsibilities of the GDPR are all designed to create and uphold a set of individual rights.  These are:

• The Right to be Informed
• The Right of Access
• The Right to Rectification
• The Right to Erasure 
• The Right to Restrict Processing
• The Right to Data Portability
• The Right to Object
• Rights regarding Automated Decision Making

The course looks at the definitions of each of these different rights and what they actually mean.

Conclusion

On completion of this course, you will have an understanding of the 7 principles of the GDPR in the UK and background knowledge of what it aims to achieve and why it exists. The GDPR brings together years of laws in the UK into a single piece of legislation. 

You will also understand how your organisation must have a lawful basis for processing people’s data and must do so openly and fairly; how the data you collect and use must be adequate, sufficient, fit for purpose, accurate, and necessary; how there must be safeguards in place for keeping people’s data secure and confidential and your organisation’s responsibility to always be accountable for the processing it carries out.

By explaining the role that your organisation has to play under the GDPR, this course aims to help you understand the role that you play.

Your organisation may be responsible for compliance with the Regulation, but they can’t do it without your help.

There are interactive questions throughout the course to ensure you understand the content and the course concludes with a test so be sure to listen carefully.

The course can be completed in just 35 minutes and users will receive a certificate upon course completion.

Course Sections

1. Background
2. The Regulation

Discount available for multiple courses. Please contact us for details