The Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO) training course covers the following topics:

• The legal background of the GDPR, intersection with the PECR, with freedom of information legislation, the Law Enforcement Directive and member state implementation approaches.
• The requirements in respect to the appointment of a DPO, the requirements placed on the DPO, and on the controller or processor.
• You will understand and be able to carry out the responsibility to inform and advise controllers or processors of their GDPR obligations.
• You will be able to demonstrate key training skills, in order to better ‘inform and advise’.
• How to monitor compliance with the GDPR.
• The role of the DPO in relation to liaison with data subjects and with the supervisory authorities.
• The DPO’s role in awareness-raising and staff training.
• All aspects of the processing of personal data.
• The purpose of data inventories, data flow mapping, the records of processing required by Article 30.
• The requirements around Data Subject Access Requests and the DPO’s role in facilitating them.
• The DPO’s role in incident management and response and in data breach reporting.
• When and how to carry out a DPIA.
• The trans-border data processing requirements, particularly in relation to cloud service providers.