Level 1: Introduction to Data Protection for Charities and Third Sector Organisations

Who is This Course For?

This course is perfect for all staff within your charitable, voluntary, or not-for-profit organisation who are exposed to personal data.

Staff who have more data protection responsibilities and those  who show a keen interest, should consider enrolling in our Level Two course. This will help your organisation increase its awareness of data risks.

Why This Course is Important

Dealing with vulnerable people and service users often involves very sensitive information. As such, the third sector is, quite rightly, highly regulated to ensure the proper safeguarding of all concerned.

The responsibilities you have over the personal data you collect and use can be extremely complex with a need to consider the data you control on a wide range of individuals. Data processed may include details on trustees, paid staff , donors, service users, volunteers, partner agencies and government officials.

This short and engaging course empowers learners with basic data protection knowledge, thereby protecting data subjects, the organisation and yourself.
Additional bespoke modules tailored to your specific organisation can be created

What You’ll Learn

• The basics of data protection for third sector
• The differences between personal and sensitive data and special categories of personal data
• The laws around collecting, controlling, and processing personal and sensitive data
• The principles and notions that underpin data protection legislation
• What rights people have over the data you keep on them
• Your responsibility to keep data safe and secure
• The dangers posed by social media, viruses, and malware
• How to avoid data breaches and what to do if you have one
• Role of data protection regulators or supervisory authorities
• Levels of sanctions and enforcement action

Course Content

Part 1: Introduction

• Introduction – Learn who this course is (and isn’t) for, why it’s important, how it is structured, and what to expect.
• Post Brexit update – How legislation has changed now that the UK has left the EU.

Part 2: The Basics

• The Basics – Get an overview of the legislation that regulates the processing of personal data, what data protection is, types of personal data and your responsibilities as a data controller or processor.
• Revision Quiz – 5 questions

Part 3: The Law

• The Law – Learn the 6 lawful reasons for collecting and processing personal data, additional responsibilities when handling sensitive data, the difference between implicit and explicit consent to process different types of personal data, other reasons you might have for processing personal data and which laws apply.
• Revision Quiz – 5 questions

Part 4: Principles & Notions

• The Principles & Notions – Learn the 6 data processing principles and the 3 key notions that underpin the data protection legislation.
• Revision Quiz – 7 Questions

Part 5: Rights of Data Subjects

• The Rights of Data Subjects – Discover the 8 rights data subjects have over the data you collect, store and process.
• Revision Quiz – 5 questions

Part 6: Security

• Technical and Organisational Measures – Understand your personal responsibilities to keep personal data safe, how the risk of a data breach increases, and simple precautions you can take to reduce these risks.
• Revision Quiz – 5 questions

Part 7: Data Breaches

• Breaches – Learn about the different types of data breaches, how to minimize these risks and the potential penalties you or your organisation could face.
• Revision Quiz – 5 questions

Part 8: Course Summary

• Summary – A recap of everything you have learned in this course.
• Revision Quiz – 9 Questions

Part 9: Course Assessment

• Guidance For Final Assessment – Advice on what to expect in the final assessment and some hints and tips to get the best results.
• Course Assessment – 20 questions.
• Course Certificate ­- download your certificate.

  Benefits:

  • Built for charities
    Specifically built for charities and not for profits
  • Examples tailored to the third sector
    
  • Complies with GDPR training obligations
    Designed to enable organisations to comply with their GDPR training obligations