Data Protection, GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive

Key learning points:

• Understand the principles of GDPR,
• Understand the principles of the Law Enforcement Directive,
• Understand the importance of defining the purpose of processing,
• Examine the importance of security of data,
• Examine access requests and the limitation of access where the Law Enforcement Directive applies,
• Examine Data Protection Impact Assessments,
• Learn the importance of proper registration of processing.

Module 1:

• History of Data Protection Law
• Overview of GDPR
• Principles of Data Protection
• Data Protection Impact Assessment
• Data Protection by design and default

Module 2:

• The Law Enforcement Directive- Part 5 Data Protection Act 2018
• Defining purpose of processing
• Relationship between GDPR and LED
• Data Sharing in the public sector
• Subject access requests
• Difference between an access request under GDPR and under the LED

Module 3:

• Security of data
• Responding to a security breach
• Case studies

Module 4:

• Differences between Freedom of Information requests and GDPR requests
• The role of the Data Protection Commission
• Transfer of data to third countries
• Data Governance
• Record of Processing Activities