Data Privacy & Protection Awareness
Awareness-level data privacy for industrial and energy professionals: what counts as personal data, the principles shared by modern privacy regimes, individual rights, everyday handling habits, retention and disposal, third-party processors, and how to recognise and report a personal-data breach fast.
55m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Recognise personal data and special (sensitive) categories such as health, biometric and background-check data
- Explain the core privacy principles — lawful basis, purpose limitation, minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity and accountability
- Identify the main individual rights and route requests to the right team instead of answering ad hoc
- Apply everyday handling habits that reduce exposure of personal data in files, email, shared drives and open areas
- Describe retention, secure disposal, cross-border transfer and third-party processor obligations at awareness level
- Recognise a personal-data breach and report it immediately, before containment is complete
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 3mWhat Counts as Personal DataKnowledge
- 3mEveryday Habits That Protect Personal DataKnowledge
- 7mAwareness Check: Personal Data and Daily HabitsAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 3mThe Core Privacy PrinciplesKnowledge
- 3mIndividual Rights and Routing RequestsKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge Check: Principles and RightsAssessment
3
Skill
- 3mRetention, Disposal, Transfers and ProcessorsKnowledge
- 3mPersonal-Data Review of Something You OwnAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Handling, Retention and SuppliersAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mRecognising and Reporting a Personal-Data BreachKnowledge
- 3mBreach Readiness WalkthroughAssignment
- 8mMastery Check: Breach JudgementAssessment
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