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[Free] Gdpr Essentials - The First 5 Steps

A straight forward practical guide to GDPR compliance for your business – Free Course

Added on June 6, 2024 Business 3 min read

What you’ll learn

• GDPR basics on how to get started on your compliance journey – this course is aimed at the complete beginner
• You will learn the fundamentals about GDPR to enable you to develop your knowledge further
• You will learn about data collection and permissions required to hold this information
• You will learn about data erasure and data inventory techniques

Requirements

• This is a beginners’ course and you will be provided with any documents referred to in the video training
• No prior GDPR knowledge is assumed in this course

Description

This is what is included in this easy to follow, clear course

Step 1 Data Audit What data do I have? (with spreadsheet provided)

Step 2 Data Audit What do I do with the data that I found in Step 1? (with colour-tabbed Word tables provided)

Step 3 Permissions What are the Permissions which apply to how I process the data (as identified in Step 2).

Step 4 Legitimate Interest What does it mean and how much of my processing can I fit under this umbrella?

Step 5 Data Cleansing a short explanation about why secure destruction of data doesnt mean hitting the delete key and emptying a recycle bin, together with some options for secure destruction methods to investigate

Are you working on the DPO team in your business? This is what the law says:

1. To inform and advise the controller or the processor and the employees who carry out processing of their obligations pursuant to this Regulation and to other Union or Member State data protection provisions;

2. To monitor compliance with this Regulation, with other Union or Member State data protection provisions and with the policies of the controller or processor in relation to the protection of personal data, including the assignment of responsibilities, awareness-raising and training of staff involved in processing operations, and the related audits;

3. To provide advice where requested as regards the data protection impact assessment and monitor its performance pursuant to Article 35;

4. To cooperate with the supervisory authority;

5. To act as the contact point for the supervisory authority on issues relating to processing, including the prior consultation referred to in Article 36, and to consult, where appropriate, with regard to any other matter.

This course helps a complete beginner understand the 5 core steps of Data Protection which assists anyone working on the DPO team or shouldering some responsibility for Data Protection in your business.