Gdpr Compliance In Practice
Published 5/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 4h 29m | Size: 2.07 GB
Master practical GDPR workflows, checklists, and templates to ensure regulatory compliance and safeguard personal data.
What you'll learn
Identify the six GDPR principles and implement them operationally
Design and maintain a Records of Processing Activities register in compliance with Article 30
Manage data subject requests by establishing workflows for access, rectification, erasure, and portability within legal deadlines
Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments and Legitimate Interests Assessments using provided templates
Requirements
Basic understanding of organizational data processes; familiarity with information security principles; access to a computer and spreadsheet software. No prior GDPR or legal experience required.
Description
This comprehensive, practice-focused course guides you step-by-step through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), transforming legal articles into daily compliance actions. You'll understand why GDPR matters for organizations of all sizes, and gain the confidence to translate abstract requirements into concrete policies, processes, and controls that protect personal data and build trust. Whether you're in the EU or managing data flows across borders, you'll develop a clear roadmap for compliance that aligns with regulatory expectations and industry best practices. This course emphasizes real-world application over theory, ensuring you can immediately apply what you learn to ongoing projects and audits.In the Foundations module, you will explore the history and key objectives of data protection, demystify core definitions like controller, processor, and personal data, and master the six principles that underpin lawful processing. You will learn to determine scope, territorial reach, and when and how GDPR applies to your organization's activities. You will also examine household exemptions, employee data carve-outs, and the extraterritorial effect that extends GDPR to non-EU entities targeting EU individuals.The Data-Subject Rights Management section equips you to handle requests efficiently. You will build workflows for Right of Access, Rectification, Erasure, and Portability, craft transparent privacy notices for Right to be Informed, implement flags to Restrict Processing, and establish opt-out mechanisms for Objection and Automated Decision-Making. We cover timeline management to meet statutory deadlines and strategies for defensible decision-making when balancing competing obligations.In the Lawful Processing & Accountability Toolkit, you'll capture, manage, and audit consent lifecycles, conduct Legitimate Interests Assessments, and draft contractual provisions for legal obligations. You will populate and maintain Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), run Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and embed Privacy by Design & Default into projects and vendor onboarding. Templates for contracts and audit logs help you document compliance, while practical tips address common pitfalls such as over-retention and insufficient audit trails.Chapter 5 focuses on Security & Breach Response: select encryption, access control, pseudonymisation, and anonymisation techniques, establish logging and monitoring for early breach detection, and develop incident playbooks. Practice drafting notifications to supervisory authorities and data subjects within the 72-hour window, and perform post-incident reviews for continuous improvement. You'll gain insights into ISO 27001 alignment and risk rating models to prioritize technical and organizational measures effectively.International Transfers & Vendor Management teaches you to evaluate adequacy decisions, implement the 2021 Standard Contractual Clauses, and design Transfer Impact Assessments for complex data flows. You'll negotiate Data Processing Agreements, assess vendor risk, and apply shared-responsibility controls for cloud and SaaS providers, with tips for ongoing monitoring and recertification. Case studies illustrate Schrems II implications and the latest EU-US Data Privacy Framework, helping you stay ahead of evolving legal developments.Throughout the course, hands-on exercises help you apply key concepts using downloadable templates, checklists, and trackers drawn from real-world DPO toolkits. Mini-quizzes reinforce your learning at each stage, and video demonstrations show you how to fill in registers, draft notices, and map data flows effectively. All templates are provided in editable formats, and video walkthroughs show common use-cases for compliance teams of different sizes.This course is ideal for data protection officers, compliance managers, legal advisors, IT and security professionals, and business leaders seeking practical, actionable GDPR skills. With over five hours of on-demand video, lifetime access, and community support, you'll finish ready to lead GDPR compliance confidently in your organization. Join a community of practitioners in our discussion forums to ask questions, share experiences, and access regular course updates on regulatory changes.
Who this course is for
Ideal for data protection officers, compliance managers, legal professionals, IT administrators, small business owners, and anyone responsible for handling personal data who wants practical GDPR skills.
