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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

  • What Counts as Personal Data
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Everyday Habits That Protect Personal Data
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Awareness Check: Personal Data and Daily Habits
    Assessment
    7m
2

Knowledge

  • The Core Privacy Principles
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Individual Rights and Routing Requests
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Principles and Rights
    Assessment
    8m
3

Skill

  • Retention, Disposal, Transfers and Processors
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Personal-Data Review of Something You Own
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Handling, Retention and Suppliers
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Recognising and Reporting a Personal-Data Breach
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Breach Readiness Walkthrough
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Check: Breach Judgement
    Assessment
    8m

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