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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to ensure employees understand the obligations associated with the 1998 Data Protection Act in their normal working lives.

Target Audience

This course is suitable for Directors, Managers, Team Leaders, Employees

Course Content

Your organisation is processing personal data – information that identifies individuals. This may relate to your employees or perhaps your customers, but it could go much further. The processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act 1998. Everybody in your organization has to be aware of their own responsibilities under this legislation.

This course introduces the Data Protection Act in terms of the workplace environment. The course provides sound guidance and practical examples to ensure that your organization and those that work for it do not break the law.

~      The Data Protection Act 1998
~      Why Data Protection
~      Definitions
~      The Eight Principles
~      The rights of data subjects
~      Liability and responsibility
~      The Information Commissioner’s Role
~      Monitoring communications
~      Defamation
~      Procedures that will enable you to work securely within the bounds of the Data Protection Act

This foundation level course encourages delegates to view data protection in terms of their own work experience. Using real life case studies delegates are shown easy steps towards compliance.

Related Courses

~      Data Protection Mangement
~      Freedom of Information
~      Information Security Awareness
~      Information Security Mangement

Run in association with QT&C

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