Overview

Following the introduction of the Data Protection Act, many organisations have found it difficult to both understand and convey to their employees the new responsibilities and how to apply these in practice.

Using clear non-legal language (explaining key legal terms where these must be used), this course explains:

• the legal rights enshrined in Data Protection law,
• the principles that an organisation must apply and
• how Data Protection may be applied in practice.

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Course outline

PART 1: LEGISLATION

• What is Personal Information?
• Does it apply only to computer records?
• How is an individual protected?
• Why do we need this protection?
• Access to Personal Information
• Accuracy of Personal Information
• Data Protection Terminology

PART 2: PRINCIPLES

• This section uses examples to help explain the purpose of each of the eight principles enshrined in the Act.

PART 3: HOW DATA PROTECTION IS APPLIED IN PRACTICE

• Identification and Verification
• Real-world scenarios are used to illustrate the circumstances under which data may or may not be given.

The course concludes with a short assessment to confirm understanding, the results of which are automatically saved to a database when used with the Audit+ Management System for further analysis.

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Key benefits

• Roll-out data protection training to branch locations, divisions and departments with a single installation
• Reduce training costs by removing the need for expensive centralised instructor-led data protection training
• Allow employees to set their own data protection training rosters thereby reducing the impact training may have on their day-to-day work schedules
• Effectively train employees in data protection best practices without them ever leaving their workstation
• Provide essential data protection training in digestible modules that are proven to help improve understanding and retention levels
• Employees may complete the training over a period of time using automated browser-independent bookmarking
• Set global passmark specific to your organisation
• Customise aspects of the program to reflect your organisation's brand and policies on data protection issues
• Provide one-click access to useful organisation-specific contact information and references from within the training
• Automatically save test results to a database for analysis and to establish an audit trail of your organisation's compliance with the law when used with the Audit+ Management System
• Print-out training certificates that are automatically generated at the end of each training session

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Training program start screen.

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Server and browser requirements

This training program runs over a typical company Intranet or hosted website with minimum specification and do not require plug-ins such as Macromedia Flash, Shockwave or Java.

Server:

• Microsoft IIS 5 or later
• Active Server Pages 3.0
• Microsoft® SQL Server 7/2000/2003 or Microsoft® Access (if training records will be saved to a database)

Browser:

• Microsoft® Windows - Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox 1.5+, Netscape 7+
• Mac OSX - Safari 2+, Firefox 1.5+, Netscape 7+

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