What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

The GDPR is an EU-wide regulation, designed to modernise the way organisations collect, process, store and transfer personal data end to end.

It took immediate effect on 25th May 2018 and there have been major fines for companies that do not comply.

DataSafety is an e-learning course which enables employees to understand the necessary steps to protect, store and retrieve data in accordance with the GDPR.

The course gives you information, insight and practical tools to dealing with the regulatory change and includes videos from legal experts on what to expect and how you can ready yourself.

At the end of the course there is a randomised multiple-choice assessment in which learners must achieve a score of above 80% to achieve City & Guilds Accreditation.

How can data safety training benefit your business?

A data breach occurs when sensitive, protected or confidential data is stolen, copied or used by someone who did not have direct permission to do so.

Data breaches are more and more common in today’s world. Cyber-crime and theft of information is on the rise with a third of all crime today believed to involve illegal collection or ransoming of personal data. A data breach can range from political motivation to careless management of information in your business.

If you don’t manage this data effectively it not only makes you more susceptible to the top tier fines from the GDPR but also slows down your process for handling subject access requests or removing information on a data subject.

The GDPR is coming and non-compliance could cost you up to 4% of annual turnover or 10 million euros – whichever is greater!

Education and training are vital to embed a vigilant mind-set in your team and ensure that you safely comply with the GDPR.