Course Overview
One GDPR violation can cost your organization millions in fines, plus reputational damage that's hard to recover from. Companies are being penalized for unclear privacy policies, missing consent, poor data security, ignored deletion requests, and unreported breaches. And those are just the most common violations.
If you process personal data in the EU, GDPR compliance isn't optional, and getting it wrong is expensive.
This masterclass gives you a complete roadmap to GDPR compliance, from understanding the basics to implementing practical systems that protect your organization.
What you’ll learn:
- What counts as personal data and special category data
- The legal bases for processing and when to use each
- How to obtain and document valid consent
- Data subject rights you must support
- How to write GDPR-compliant privacy notices
- Data breach notification rules
- International data transfer mechanisms
- Security measures you must implement
- How to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments
- And when you need a Data Protection Officer
You'll understand practical implementation like mapping data flows in your organization, creating Records of Processing Activities, building data subject request response procedures, implementing consent management systems, establishing vendor data processing agreements, setting up breach detection and response plans, and preparing for supervisory authority inspections.
You'll get ready-to-use tools:
- Self-assessment compliance checklist
- Privacy policy template
- Cookie policy template
- LIA and DPIA samples based on real-life scenarios
- Personal data breach handling procedure template
- Incident register template
You'll see real-world scenarios like processing employee data under GDPR, managing customer data for e-commerce, working with external service providers, responding to deletion and access requests, and recovering from data breaches.
By the end, you'll know where your organization is non-compliant right now, what you must implement immediately versus long-term, how to document compliance for regulators, and how to handle the most common GDPR situations confidently.
Stop worrying about GDPR fines. Start building systematic compliance.
Modules
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Data Processing Principles - Covers GDPR fundamental principles: lawfulness, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, and confidentiality. Focus is on applying these principles in daily operations.
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Legal Bases for Processing - Analyzes six legal bases for data processing under GDPR. Includes consent, contract, legal obligations, legitimate interest, vital interests, and public interest. Emphasis on selecting and documenting appropriate legal basis.
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Data Subject Rights - Thoroughly covers individual rights under GDPR. Covers right to information, access, rectification, erasure, processing limitation, data portability, objection, and protection from automated decision-making. Includes practical advice for handling requests.
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Data Protection Officer - Focuses on DPO role and responsibilities. Explains when appointment is mandatory, required qualifications, optimal position within organization, and key tasks. Includes strategies for raising data protection awareness.
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Technical and Organizational Protection - Measures Covers implementation of protective measures. Includes risk assessment, pseudonymization, encryption, ensuring data confidentiality and availability, security testing, physical protection measures, and incident management.
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Digital Business Compliance - Deals with GDPR application in digital environment. Covers website compliance, applications, online forms, cookie management, e-commerce, and digital marketing. Includes social media review.
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GDPR Compliance in Human Resources - Focuses on employee data processing. Covers legal bases, security measures, employee rights, workplace monitoring, and data retention and deletion rules. Includes GDPR application in recruitment process.
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Video Surveillance Compliance - Explains aligning video surveillance with GDPR. Covers legal framework, permitted purposes, information obligations, security measures, access control, and footage retention period. Includes special rules for work areas.
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Legitimate Interest Test - Thoroughly explains concept and application of legitimate interest test. Describes three key test steps, importance of documentation, and provides practical examples. Ends with exercises on real scenarios.
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Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) - Focuses on conducting DPIA. Explains when mandatory, implementation steps, risk assessment methods, and defining protection measures. Includes supervisory authority consultation process and practical examples.
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Controller and Processor - Deals with managing data processing outside organization. Covers role identification, processing agreement content, party responsibilities, and subcontractor chain management. Includes audit implementation instructions.
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Incident - Covers personal data breach management. Includes breach recognition and definition, establishing internal procedures, risk assessment, notifying supervisory authority and data subjects. Concludes with prevention strategies.