Data Protection and Compliance

1. Are We Compliant with the Data Protection Act?

This unit is for professionals or managers who wish to find out what is involved in becoming compliant with the Data Protection Act. The unit assumes an awareness of the Data Protection Act, and what it aims to achieve.  By working through this unit, you will find out how compliant your organisation is, and recognise the benefits compliance can bring, such as improved return on investment.

AUDIENCE

Professionals, managers or consultants who wish to find out what is involved in becoming compliant with the Data Protection Act.

LEARNING OUTCOME

* Find out how compliant your organisation is.
* Make a case for Data Protection compliance based on ROI.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

* Define data protection compliance.
* Evaluate how compliant your organisation is.
* Articulate how your organisation will benefit from compliance.

STRUCTURE

1. Case study illustrating non-compliance.
2. Examples of non-compliance.
3. Questions to test your organisation’s compliance.
4. Case study illustrating benefits of compliance.
5. Making the case for compliance.
6. Questions to find out how your organisation will benefit from compliance.

About the Author

Tim Beadle, Director Atrium Group

Tim originally studied Law, writing the first ever thesis in the UK on Computers and the Law, some of the recommendations of which became law in the 1984 Data Protection Act. He has worked with data and data privacy for many of the world’s leading companies – Cisco Systems, Johnson & Johnson, AVG, Telegraph Media Group, Oracle/PeopleSoft and RWE nPower are among his clients.  Tim has been very heavily involved in data privacy training – he set up the BSI’s external courses on the subject in 2004. Tim continues to consult and writes and presents on data privacy in the UK and Europe.

Narrated PowerPoint presentations with notes. Please use menu bar and buttons at foot of the presentation to navigate through the material.

Approx 12 minutes each unit

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