EU GDPR Foundations Course
This free online course is designed to teach you everything that needs to be done within your company to be compliant with EU GDPR. This is a beginner-level course, requiring no prior knowledge in data protection regulation.
After passing the exam, you will receive a certificate – a proof that you have a working knowledge of all the GDPR requirements.
The course is organized into 9 modules (content for each module is listed below), and each module has several video lectures and practical activities that will help you learn more quickly. At the end of each module, a practice test will help prepare you for the certification exam. All the video lectures are pre-recorded, conveniently allowing access to the course from anywhere at any time.
- The total course duration, including the reading of required materials, is approximately 8 hours.
- Materials provided in the course (video lectures, articles, and activity questions) include all the information you need to learn in order to pass the certification exam.
- There is no time limit to complete the course, but once you begin, it is recommended that you finish within one week’s time.
- The access to this course and to the practice exams is completely free; the fee for the online certification exam is 249 EUR – after you pass the exam, we’ll send you your certificate in a matter of days.
- Course instructor: Tudor Galos
- Course language: English
Course Curriculum
| Introduction | |||
| Introduction to the course | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 1: Privacy origins and GDPR basics | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| Short history of privacy legislation | 00:00:00 | ||
| The General Data Protection Regulation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related frameworks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Key terms | 00:00:00 | ||
| Key roles | 00:00:00 | ||
| Top myths about GDPR | 00:00:00 | ||
| Business activities that are most impacted by GDPR | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 2: Legitimate purposes and principles | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| Legitimate purposes of processing personal data | 00:00:00 | ||
| GDPR principles | 00:00:00 | ||
| Understanding the principles through an example | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 3: Transparency through Privacy Notice | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| The basics of Privacy Notices | 00:00:00 | ||
| Requirements and contents of a Privacy Notice | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 4: Inventory of processing activities and retention | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| Inventory of Processing Activities – why and what? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Retention of personal data – why and what? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Fulfilling inventory and retention requirements – who and how? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Specific information required for controllers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Specific information required for processors | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 5: Consent and Data Subject Access Requests | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| Consent – the basics | 00:00:00 | ||
| How and when to ask for consent | 00:00:00 | ||
| Data subject rights | 00:00:00 | ||
| Basic rules for data subject access rights (DSAR) | 00:00:00 | ||
| DSAR requests | 00:00:00 | ||
| DSAR exemptions and rejections | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 6: Data Protection Impact Assessment and risk assessments | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| What is Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step 1: Listing and grouping data processing activities | 00:00:00 | ||
| Steps 2 and 3: The threshold questionnaire & determining if DPIA is needed | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step 4: Answer the Data Protection Impact Assessment questionnaire | 00:00:00 | ||
| Steps 5 and 6: Identify and list key security risks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step 7: Recording the implementation; maintenance | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 7: Security of personal data and privacy by design | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| What is privacy by design? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Policies to be implemented to ensure security of personal data | 00:00:00 | ||
| Best practices to implement privacy by design policies | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 8: Data transfers and managing third parties | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| Introduction to data transfers | 00:00:00 | ||
| How can data transfers be enabled? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Managing third parties | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Module 9: Data breaches | |||
| Introduction and suggested reading | 00:00:00 | ||
| The data breach basics | 00:00:00 | ||
| Data breach response | 00:00:00 | ||
| Data breach notifications | 00:00:00 | ||
| After a data breach | 00:00:00 | ||
| Related documentation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Practice exam | 00:00:00 | ||
| Instructions for taking the exam and obtaining the certificate | 00:00:00 | ||
Course Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you can attend the course as long as you like; however, you should try to finish it in a couple of weeks because otherwise, you won’t get enough benefits out of it.
You can access it any time – the course is a combination of recorded video lectures, quizzes, reading, and other activities, and because all those materials are readily available, you can access them at a time that is convenient for you.
None. The course was made in such a way that a beginner in this topic can easily understand it.
Well, we have to make money somehow :). We have made most of the course freely available, but to access the exam and get the certificate you’ll have to pay a fee – by the way, this fee is by far smaller than the fee for attending the classroom-type course.
The exam, as well as the whole course, is completely done online, from your office, your home, or any other place convenient for you. For the exam we use an online proctoring service – click here to learn more.
After you finish attending the course, you can go for the exam – if you finish this exam successfully, i.e., if your score is above the minimum, then you will receive the certificate. By the way, during the exam we use an online proctoring service that will ask for proof of your identity, and make sure that you have taken the exam with no external help. Click here to learn more about online proctoring.
The course is a combination of recorded video lectures, quizzes, reading, and other activities – the course takes you through all these materials in an optimal way.
You can access the course using your PC, Mac, or mobile device, using any major browser (i.e., Chrome, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Safari); a broadband Internet link will also be needed. And, of course, enough time to attend the course.
The materials provided in the course – recorded video lectures, quizzes, reading, and other activities – are everything you need to successfully pass the exam and obtain the certificate. The best part is: they are completely free with unlimited access!
GDPR Foundation Course
The Instructor is well knowledgeable about the GDPR and it regulations as such he delivers the lessons clearly and simple so that you can understand the content,
The course is a must to take and I will certainly do the certification from Advisera and I hope I can convince my organization to get the toolkit.
David W. Blake
IT Security Operations Specialist.
I have just started the first 3 Modules and have found the video clips and documentation links very informative. I am looking forwardd to working towards completing the rest of the modules and would definitely recommend this foundation learning material. Marc Curtis
I have just started the first 3 Modules and have found the video clips and documentation links very informative. I am looking forward to working towards completing the rest of the modules and would definitely recommend this foundation learning material to any GDPR continued personal development candidates.
Marc Curtis
Prince2 Certified Project Manager
ITIL Certified Manager
Review of GDPR foundation course
Very detailed where needed but not overburdening. Well made professional course. Might be beneficial if occasionally more than one trainer were used, or maybe a two-actors mini-video, like question and answer session.
The trainer’s English was very clear.
Much needed clarity on GDPR !
Have you seen that bit in the Matrix, when Neo was plugged in and after a few seconds he wakes up with that look of enlightenment and says “I know Kung Fu…”? Well that’s what it felt like after taking this excellent course!
After months of trawling what feels like millions of GDPR articles and content, i found this and was immediately blown away by how easy it was to understand the concepts and regulations. I know that there’s still some more changes to come but what you have here is very good.
Brilliantly put together, interesting and easy to understand. Well done and thank you Tudor !
Awesome course
very nice explanations..clears basics very well..I recommend it
EU GDPR online training
Hey Tudor,
Thanks a lot for this lovely online training programme.
Thanks for your time and effort devoted for this training.
The nice part is explaining with relevant example. The whole training is divided into many small part(video), that is the very well thought approach. People can understand small small part rather than digesting big chunk at a time.
Just a small suggestion, at some places, I found speed little faster. So, if there is a novice like me, sometimes it is difficult to go as fast as you can , while settling down the matter in mind, during training.
Once again thanks a ton.
Thanks & regards,
Rama
EU GDPR feedback
Though I liked the delivery of the course, I would have appreciated more graphic representations as well.
EU - GDPR Course - Practical and easy
The course is presented in a simple and structured manner. It is the right foundation to understand the complexities of EU GDPR and apply the cognitive knowledge at work.
Very Useful
Very useful overview of GDPR. I didn’t know much about it before and now feel much more equiped. The short snippets make it easy to digest.
Great course, well worth taking
All the essentials comfortable laid out. Many examples are given. The slight accent and screenreading does not distract from the content. Additional further information resources are helpful.
EU GDPR Foundations Course
Very useful to give a grounding in GDPR principles and requirements.
Straight forward with clear explanations. Nicely broken up into the different modules.
Well detailed and provides a good grounding of GDPR
Explanation are sufficient and detailed and the facilitator demonstrates very good expert knowledge.
Module 5
still going through the course (I’m finishing Module 5) and thought I would point out a typo on a couple of slides:
– Basic rules for DSAR – data subject access rights : should be data subject access requests
– response to be provided within 30 days… it’s response with an ‘s’ not responce with a ‘c’!
I hope this is useful
legal issues of GDPR
I would like to know more about legal side of the GDPR(who is Authorized to check compliance, how can be solved differences between, for ex.risk assessment of the DPO and Authorities representative)
excellent introductionary courses
nice short snippets of each data protection principle explained clearly with on screen text , useful examples and the animations
Great course for beginners
This is a great course to get familiar with EU GDPR. Great thing to be able to get familiar with the regulation completely free.