#BU-02-23 Understanding the GDPR
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of GroningenDescription
Understand what the GDPR means for you as data subject, controller or processor
On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), aiming to improve data protection for individuals across the EU, became directly applicable. Now, organisations need to be compliant with the new rules and should act immediately.
By developing good knowledge of the GDPR and understanding how it affects you, you will learn about the first steps for making your organisation compliant and can immediately start taking them. You will explore data subjects’ rights, data controllers’ and processors’ obligations, and enforcement and compliance notions in the context of the Regulation.
What topics will you cover?
- General principles and basic concepts of the GDPR
- Key actors under the GDPR and their role
- Rights of data subjects
- Obligations of data controllers and processors and law compliance measures
- Enforcement and compliance mechanisms
- Liabilities and sanctions
Who will you learn with?
Assistant professor at the Section IT law and research fellow at STeP, carrying out various types of research in the fields of privacy, data protection and biometrics.
Assistant professor in European Technology law and Human Rights at Groningen University.
Research fellow EU projects/ PhD researcher at the University of Groningen working on privacy issues, in particular in healthcare.
Who developed the course?
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.
What Will I Learn?
- Identify the main positions of the GDPR, including key concepts, principles and data protection roles.
- Explore rights of data subjects and their relevance in daily life.
- Investigate obligations of data controllers and processors and related steps that need to be taken for complying with the GDPR.
- Evaluate enforcement and compliance mechanisms and international data transfers under the GDPR.
Topics for this course
General introduction
Introduction to the course
Importance of the GDPR
You and the GDPR
Privacy and data protection
EU legal regime on data protection
Basic fundamentals of the GDPR
Data protection principles, consent and minors
Conclusion
In the electronic age, data security is very important. This course has given me a new understanding of data protection.
This course explores the rights of data subjects, the obligations of data controllers and processors, and the concepts of enforcement and compliance in the context of regulations. Very good course.
In this era, data protection is very important, we often find a lot of unknown telephone advertising information, these are because of data theft, this course is very meaningful.
This course allows me to understand what GDPR means to a data subject, controller, or processor. Good course.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- The course is specifically developed for professionals working for companies, public authorities and bodies, students, and anyone who wishes to know more about data protection and the GDPR, especially those handling personal data.