Course Overview

Do you ensure data is always secure and that UK GDPR is implemented throughout your workplace? The compliance and data protection course is designed to develop and support the duties that can be expected from a manager of a small to medium businesses in the UK.

Objectives

This course will support the manager in looking after their data and meet compliance requirements, covering:

• Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR
• Health and safety compliance' for IT users
• Website/web application management and services
• Cloud computing services
• Network/Cyber security
• Risk management
• Future-proofing

As a manager, it is vital that you understand the business responsibilities to compliance and data protection ensuring that you can develop in response to new initiatives and keep your staff at the cutting edge within their own duties. This course will support your knowledge, skills and behaviours, ultimately leading to outstanding compliance and data protection control.  This course is approximately 4 hours long.

Approach

This fully online course has been carefully designed to enable you to take the materials, apply the learning to your role and is broken down into manageable stages. This course allows you to check your knowledge at relevant steps. Learning resources include:

• Narrated media
• Video
• Downloadable PDFs
• Signposting to suitable organisations
• Supporting glossaries
• Interactive elements
• Ongoing assessment
• Progress tracking

In this course you can download the following support materials:

• Full transcripts of all lessons in PDF booklet form
• 7 PDF activity information sheets
• 1 spreadsheet solution support document

To ensure you are able to interact with all the course content, you will need: 

• Word Processor 
• Spreadsheet program
• Presentation program
• PDF reader 
• Printer with paper and card 
• Speakers/headphones
• Access to the Internet 
• Web browser with the ability to use a VLE/LMS

Target Audience

Senior managers