Data Protection

If you or your organisation handles personal information about individuals you have legal obligations to protect that information. The benefits of good data safety are numerous and include, good business practice, the protection of people’s rights and the protection of your organisations reputation.

In recent years some companies and individuals have experienced serious legal consequences for data protection breaches and this highlights why it is so important to get it right. Training should be a vital part of any company’s data protection policy.


The course explains what is expected of people who handle personal data, including information on how to keep data secure, what to do if data is lost and how to handle subject access requests. The course also includes a module about the new EU GDPR legislation that will replace the Data Protection Act as of May 25th, 2018, and explains what is required by businesses under the new regulations.