UK Data Protection Awareness
Recognise personal data, handle it responsibly and respond to rights requests, complaints and suspected breaches under the UK framework.
Who is this course for?
Employees, contractors, temporary staff and volunteers handling personal data.
What you will learn
- Understand your personal responsibilities and where to obtain advice.
- Recognise personal data, sensitive records and identifying information in everyday work.
- Use the principles to question and improve an everyday information-handling activity.
- Follow authorised purposes and recognise when lawful-basis or sensitive-data advice is needed.
- Collect necessary, accurate information and write records that can be justified.
- Check authority, identity, recipient and method before disclosing personal data.
- Protect personal data through account, device, paper and communication habits.
- Follow the retention schedule and dispose of information without defeating a hold.
- Recognise informal requests and complaints, and escalate them under the correct process.
- Recognise, contain and report a suspected personal data breach immediately.
- Obtain approval before new supplier access, cloud use or overseas disclosure.
- Recognise projects and automated decisions that need privacy review before implementation.
Explore the syllabus
01Introduction to UK data protection4 min
Understand your personal responsibilities and where to obtain advice.
02Understanding personal data6 min
Recognise personal data, sensitive records and identifying information in everyday work.
03The data protection principles6 min
Use the principles to question and improve an everyday information-handling activity.
04Lawful processing and consent7 min
Follow authorised purposes and recognise when lawful-basis or sensitive-data advice is needed.
05Collecting and using information appropriately5 min
Collect necessary, accurate information and write records that can be justified.
06Sharing and disclosing information6 min
Check authority, identity, recipient and method before disclosing personal data.
07Keeping information secure5 min
Protect personal data through account, device, paper and communication habits.
08Retention and secure disposal4 min
Follow the retention schedule and dispose of information without defeating a hold.
09Individual rights and complaints8 min
Recognise informal requests and complaints, and escalate them under the correct process.
10Personal data breaches6 min
Recognise, contain and report a suspected personal data breach immediately.
11Suppliers cloud services and international transfers5 min
Obtain approval before new supplier access, cloud use or overseas disclosure.
12Privacy by design and responsible AI7 min
Recognise projects and automated decisions that need privacy review before implementation.
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