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Course Description
Apply GDPR Concepts in Real Business Scenarios
GDPR isn’t just legal jargon—it’s a powerful framework that shapes how organisations handle personal data. This course is designed to bring the regulation to life through real-world case studies and practical scenarios. Whether you're a data professional, legal advisor, or privacy enthusiast, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to recognise, respond to, and prevent GDPR violations within a business setting.
Learn from High-Profile Mistakes
Through detailed case studies—including British Airways, Google, and Clearview AI—you'll explore what went wrong, what the consequences were, and what could have been done differently. You'll analyse cases related to data breaches, failure to respect user rights, and lack of privacy-by-design, grounding your understanding of GDPR in actual events that have shaped industry practices.
Build GDPR Compliance Skills Step by Step
You’ll dive into core operational topics. Learn how GDPR applies to everyday business decisions, including employee data handling, cross-border data transfers, incident response, and Data Protection Impact Assessments. You'll unpack legal concepts like consent, transparency, and standard contractual clauses—then apply them to practical examples.
Become a Confident GDPR Practitioner
After completing the course, you’ll be able to identify GDPR risks, explain key principles in business language, support cross-functional compliance efforts, and apply ethical thinking to data strategy. Whether you're involved in data analytics, legal compliance, or product development, these skills will help you create more privacy-conscious and resilient organisations.
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Curriculum
Course outline
1
Introduction to GDPR Application in Real-Life Contexts
This chapter introduces GDPR principles through high-profile breach cases, helping learners understand core concepts like data subject rights and Privacy by Design as they apply in real-world settings.
- Welcome50 XP
- Rapid response50 XP
- Reporting breaches: What GDPR demands50 XP
- Controllers and processors100 XP
- Right to erasure50 XP
- Data subject rights under GDPR50 XP
- Data subject rights: A practical nightmare?50 XP
- Privacy by design50 XP
- Privacy by design essentials50 XP
- Making privacy by design happen100 XP
- Privacy by design fails: A GDPR blooper reel100 XP
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GDPR Compliance in Business Operations
See how GDPR compliance plays out in everyday business scenarios. Analyse cases like H&M’s employee data misuse, Facebook’s international data transfer headaches, and Marriott’s delayed breach notification. Learn how to conduct effective DPIAS and implement safeguards that keep both customers and regulators happy.
3
Ethical and Strategic Implications of GDPR
This chapter explores the ethical dimensions of data handling and the strategic impact of GDPR on business models, encouraging learners to consider both compliance and ethical data use in organizational decision-making.
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GDPR in Practice: Compliance and Fines
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