Data Protection at the Workplace
Description:
This self-paced course shows you how to handle personal data safely and lawfully at work. It covers the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the changes brought in by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. It uses everyday workplace situations: emailing a spreadsheet, answering a phone enquiry, storing paper files, and spotting a breach.
Course Aim
To give you the knowledge and confidence to protect personal data in your daily work, recognise risks early and act correctly when something goes wrong.
Learning objectives
The course sets out to:
- Explain what personal data and special category data are, using workplace examples.
- Introduce the seven data protection principles and the six lawful bases for processing.
- Describe the rights individuals hold over their data and your part in handling requests.
- Show common causes of data breaches and the steps for reporting them.
- Set out practical security habits for email, devices, paper records and remote working.
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By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify personal and special category data in at least 9 out of 10 workplace examples.
- Apply the seven principles to decide whether a data-handling task is acceptable.
- Recognise a subject access request, even when the person does not call it one, and pass it on correctly.
- Spot a data breach and report it within your organisation’s timescale.
- Use at least five secure working habits in daily practice.
