IDM Professional Certificate in GDPR
(Cert GDPR) This course is ONLINE, e-learning

During your Qualification in GDPR you will gain:
- A solid working knowledge of the practical implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to help you avoid heavy fines and damage to your business’ reputation
- This Certificate programme was awarded the Memcom 2018 Best Training or Accreditation Initiative and has been developed in partnership with the DMA Legal Team, DMA Responsible Marketing Committee and the GDPR External Working Party.

Details
Study Mode
Online
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Course Availability
Start | Study Mode | Location | Course Fee |
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Anytime | Online | Online | S$1,800.00 |
NB: All prices above are shown in Singapore Dollars (S$) and are subject to GST at prevailing rates.

Qualification Information
Syllabus
Module 1: Introduction to GDPR
- Understand how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects processing outside of the EU
- Recognise how the GDPR was developed by EU lawmakers
- How will the law be enforced?
- Key definitions and scope
- The global scope of the legislation
- Who is affected by the Regulation and what are the responsibilities?
Module 2: The principles of GDPR
- The concepts behind the principle of Accountability
- What the principle of accountability will mean to your businesses
- The use of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) tools to measure accountability
- The role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) to keep checks on accountability
- The importance of keeping records of processing activities
Module 3: The requirements for consent
- What valid consent is under the GDPR
- When organisations must use consent
- When consent is not appropriate
- Key practical changes to make to your consent statements
- How long consent lasts for
Module 4: Legitimate interests
- What is it?
- How to conduct the balancing test
- Relevant examples of use and risk mitigations
Module 5: Automated processing, including profiling
- Definition and the 3 types of profiling
- What are the specific requirements and conditions?
Module 6: Individuals rights under GDPR and information to be given to data subjects under GDPR
- Right to object
- Access to data & right to rectification
- Right to be forgotten & right to erasure
- Data minimisation
- Right to data portability
- Article 13: Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
- Article 14: Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
Module 7: Good data governance, data security and cloud computing
- Role of a Data Protection Officer
- Conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Conducting a Data Protection Compliance Review (DPCR)
- How to undertake risk minimisation measures
- Data retention
- Staff training
- Understand data security risks
- Ability to pursue confinement and data minimisation strategies
- What are the changes to contracts under GDPR ISO27001 overlap
- Cloud, computing considerations
- Mobile technologies
- Tokenisation
- Data leakage monitoring
Module 8: Action planning
- Preparing an action plan for pre-implementation
- Designing a ‘security aware’ culture
- Managing data in a structured way
Online
Enjoy the flexibility of devising your own personalised study routine with your programme deadlines via a stream of online content run over 12 months. You will receive email support and 24/7 access to course materials.
Corporate training
This programme can be fully customised and delivered to your staff in-house. For more information visit www.www.digitalskillsasia.com/corporate-training
While we make every reasonable effort to make the course content as up-to-date and relevant as possible, it should not be used as a substitute for legal advice. If you have any questions on how the GDPR affects your business you should seek independent legal advice. All views expressed are the opinion of the tutor or speaker and may not represent the view of The IDM.
The IDM Professional Certificate in GDPR is a self-contained course that you should expect to spend 120 hours of study to complete.
It includes exercises, downloadable tools you can use in your business, real-world examples and videos from legal and marketing experts in the GDPR.
Who is the programme for?
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) for marketing companies and senior marketing managers across private, public, not-for-profit, charity and Government sectors. All employees who are directly accountable for Data Protection within their organisations.
Benefits to the organisation
Non-compliance of the GDPR can result in fines of up to 4% of global turnover or €20m, whichever is the greater. Reputational damage could be worse as businesses lose market share and customer confidence.
Senior managers or DPO with a firm grasp of the technical and organisational implications of the GDPR and ePrivacy Regulation will help your business operate legally and confidently when the new laws come into force in May 2018.
Benefits to the individual
This Certificate programme, developed with the DMA, will give you the skills you need to deal with a wide range of Data Protection and Privacy challenges and give you the confidence to change your organisation to make sure it is operates within the law from May 2018 onwards.