Data Privacy and Protection
Data Privacy and Protection
Data Privacy and Protection
Course Overview
Data Privacy
Safeguarding Personal Data Across the Full Data Lifecycle
Understand what counts as personal and sensitive data, which laws apply to your organization, and what individuals are entitled to demand of you. You will learn to select a lawful basis, run a DPIA, apply retention and access controls, manage vendors and cross-border transfers, respond to a breach, and build privacy into products from the start.
What You Will Learn
The main objectives of the course are:
- Explain what privacy and data protection mean in practice.
- Identify personal, sensitive, and pseudonymized data correctly.
- Navigate GDPR, DPDP, and the wider privacy landscape.
- Apply the core principles of lawful data processing.
- Select and document an appropriate lawful basis.
- Handle data subject access and erasure requests.
- Manage data securely across the full lifecycle.
- Conduct a data protection impact assessment.
- Assess vendor, processor, and supply-chain privacy risk.
- Apply cross-border transfer and data localization rules.
- Detect, contain, and report a personal data breach.
- Embed privacy by design and default.
Who Should Enroll
This certificate is designed for data protection officers, privacy and compliance professionals, IT and information security teams, HR and marketing staff, legal counsel, product and software managers, customer service leads, and anyone accountable for personal data in their role.
Skills You Will Build
- Personal Data Identification
- Lawful Basis Selection
- Consent Management
- Data Subject Rights Handling
- Data Lifecycle Management
- DPIA Execution
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Cross-Border Transfers
- Breach Response
- Privacy by Design
- Privacy Regulatory Awareness
- Data Classification
- Purpose Limitation & Minimization
- Rights Request Fulfilment
- Records of Processing
- Privacy Risk Assessment
- Third-Party Data Governance
- Incident Notification
- Information Security Basics
- Privacy Program Governance
Course Outline – Data Privacy and Protection
Module 1: Introduction to Data Privacy & Protection
- What We Mean by Privacy and Data Protection
- Privacy as Everyone’s Responsibility
- The Business Case: Trust, Reputation, and Risk
- How Privacy Shapes Daily Work
Module 2: A Short History and Ethics of Privacy
- From 'The Right to Be Let Alone' to Digital Rights
- Key Milestones: OECD Guidelines to Modern Statutes
- Ethical Foundations: Autonomy, Dignity, and Fairness
- Privacy in Different Cultures and Jurisdictions
Module 3: Personal & Sensitive Data Explained
- Defining Personal Data and Identifiers
- Special (Sensitive) Categories of Data
- Anonymization, Pseudonymization, and Re-identification Risk
- Data You Create, Collect, and Infer
Module 4: The Global Privacy Landscape
- The Rise of Comprehensive Privacy Laws
- GDPR as the Global Benchmark
- India's DPDP Act and the Asia-Pacific Wave
- The Patchwork of US State Laws
Module 5: Core Privacy Principles
- Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency
- Purpose Limitation and Data Minimization
- Accuracy, Storage Limitation, and Integrity
- Accountability as the Overarching Principle
Module 6: Lawful Basis & Consent
- The Six Lawful Bases for Processing
- What Makes Consent Valid
- Legitimate Interests and Balancing Tests
- Managing and Withdrawing Consent
Module 7: Comparing the Major Regulatory Frameworks
- Scope, Definitions, and Extraterritorial Reach
- GDPR vs. CCPA/CPRA: Rights and Duties Compared
- DPDP and Emerging National Regimes
- Sectoral Rules: HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI DSS
Module 8: Data Subject Rights
- The Rights Individuals Hold Over Their Data
- Handling Access and Portability Requests
- The Right to Erasure and Its Limits
- Objection, Restriction, and Automated Decisions
Module 9: Handling Data Responsibly
- The Data Lifecycle: Collect to Delete
- Classification and Access Controls
- Retention Schedules and Secure Disposal
- Everyday Data-Handling Do's and Don'ts
Module 10: Data Security Fundamentals
- Why Security Is the Backbone of Privacy
- The CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- Everyday Technical and Organisational Measures
- The Human Layer: Passwords, Phishing, and Social Engineering
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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