Data Protection and GDPR Awareness

GDPR Onsite Training

Our General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Onsite Training helps your team understand and follow GDPR rules in a simple way. This training can be done at your location or online with one of our trainers, depending on what works best for you.

Participants will learn the main rules of GDPR, like how to keep personal data safe, the rights of individuals, and the responsibilities of staff in protecting data. The course also covers how to handle data problems, respond to data requests, and keep everything private.

By the end of the training, your team will know how to follow GDPR rules and avoid fines or damage to your reputation. This training is flexible and can be tailored to meet your organisation’s needs.

👩‍💻Alternative: Buy GDPR Online Training for Staff (e-Learning).

• Course Duration: 2- 3 hours
• Course Level: Level 2
• Certificate: 1-year certificate
• Max Delegates: 12
• Practical: No
• Mode: Face to Face/Virtual

Data Protection and GDPR Onsite Course Outline

1: Introduction to Data Protection and GDPR

• What is Data Protection?
• A brief history of data protection laws
• Why GDPR is important
• How GDPR affects the world
• Main goals of data protection laws

2: Essential Definitions and Terminology

• Key terms in GDPR
  • Personal data
  • Data subject
  • Data controller
  • Data processor
  • Sensitive personal data
  • Processing
• Simple explanations of each term
• Real-life examples
• Common mistakes in understanding these terms

3: GDPR Core Principles

• Key GDPR principles
  • Fairness and transparency
  • Purpose of data use
  • Minimising data collection
  • Keeping data accurate
  • Storing data for only as long as needed
  • Protecting data with security
  • Accountability for actions
• Examples of how each principle works in practice
• Activities to help understand how to apply these principles

4: Data Subject Rights

• Rights of individuals under GDPR
  • Right to be informed
  • Right to access data
  • Right to correct data
  • Right to delete data (right to be forgotten)
  • Right to limit data use
  • Right to move data
  • Right to object to data use
  • Rights about automated decisions
• How to handle requests from individuals
• Step-by-step guide for responding to requests
• Challenges and tips for handling rights requests

5: Data Security and Protection

• Ways to protect data
• Security measures to keep data safe
• Assessing and managing risks
• Protecting data by design and default
• Using encryption and anonymisation
• Controlling who can access data
• Storing and sending data securely
• Setting up strong security processes

6: Data Breach Management

• What is a data breach?
• Types of data breaches
• Steps to take right away after a breach
• Rules about notifying a breach
  • When to report
  • Who to tell
  • What details to provide
• Ways to reduce future risks
• Long-term planning to prevent breaches
• Legal and financial results of data breaches
• Creating a plan for responding to data breaches.

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this Data Protection Onsite Training , participants will:

• Understand the main rules of GDPR and how they apply to care homes.
• Be able to explain key terms like personal data, data subject, and data controller.
• Know the rights of individuals, like the right to access or delete data.
• Learn how to keep personal data safe and secure.
• Understand the responsibilities of care staff in protecting data.
• Be able to respond to data access requests.
• Know what to do if a data breach happens.
• Understand how to report a data breach and prevent future risks.
• Be able to apply GDPR rules to real-life situations.
• Gain confidence in following GDPR rules and protecting personal information.

Course Benefits

The benefit of data protection training for your team is that:

• Better Data Protection for Everyone: Your team will learn how to keep personal data safe.
• Clear Understanding of GDPR: They will understand the key principles of GDPR and why they are important.
• Stay Compliant Together: The team will know how to follow GDPR rules and avoid fines.
• Build Trust as a Team: Protect resident data and build trust with families.
• Know Each Person’s Role: The entire team will understand their responsibilities in protecting data.
• Improve Data Security: Learn how to store and handle data securely as a team.
• Respond Quickly: The team will be prepared to manage data requests and handle breaches.
• Confidence for Everyone: Everyone on the team will feel confident in following GDPR rules every day.

Target Audience

Everyone working with data needs an awareness course on GDPR and Data Protection. The people who should take the course with our expert trainers include:

• All staff working in health and social care settings
• Healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, care assistants, etc.)
• Administrative and support staff handling personal data
• Managers and supervisors responsible for data protection
• HR staff involved in handling sensitive personal information
• Any staff members who interact with or manage patient/client data.

Why Choose a Face-to-Face/Virtual GDPR Training?

1. Personalised Help: Our trainer can adjust the course to fit your team’s needs and explain things that are specific to your workplace.
2. Ask Questions in Real-Time: Your employees can ask questions and get answers straight away, which helps them understand the material better.
3. Easier to Understand: Some topics, like GDPR, can be tricky. Our trainer will explain them clearly and use real-life examples that are easy for your team to grasp.
4. More Engaging: Our trainer-led sessions are interactive and engaging, keeping your employees interested and involved, which is often more enjoyable than learning alone online.
5. Learn Together: Your team can learn as a group, share ideas, and work together, building a better understanding and stronger teamwork.
6. Higher Completion Rates: Your employees are more likely to finish the course when they have our trainer guiding them, instead of trying to learn alone online.
7. Immediate Application: Our trainer can help your team apply what they learn right away, making it easier to remember and use in their day-to-day work.
8. Focused on Your Business Needs: Our trainer can focus on the challenges and situations that are specific to your company, making the training more relevant and useful.
9. Better Retention: Your team is more likely to remember what they learn in a live session with our trainer, as it’s more interactive than e-learning.

Choosing our trainer-led course can help your team better understand complex topics like GDPR and data protection, and apply that knowledge effectively in your workplace. You can also add our informational governance online training for your IT team.

Customer Testimonials

We receive thousands of reviews each year for our training, and our courses are rated ‘Excellent’ by people who have attended both virtually and in person.  This course is Skills for Care endorsed.

You can read some of the reviews below:

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“Excellent training with Caring for Care. Personal approach and Sarah was a fantastic teacher. Put us all at ease and able to provide constructive critique which was well received by all.” –  Tanya

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“This is the second course that I have undertaken with Caring for Care and they have both been very informative and good fun. The virtual courses have been just as informative if very different. I have another 2 courses to go so I am expecting them to be just as good. Many thanks” – Sheena Denton

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“an easy 5* review, from the booking to the course and the timing, everything was extremely easy and smooth. Booking the course was done easily via email and with prompt response. The person providing the course was interesting and kept people involved whilst teaching the course itself and the certificates were emailed through within a couple days. couldn’t have asked for any more” – Anonymous

As I have told others... It is the best, most informative training I have ever attended