Understanding the GDPR

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University of Groningen

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Understanding the GDPR

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What is the course about?

Understanding the GDPR

The course Understanding the GDPR is an online class provided by University of Groningen through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Get to grips with the General Data Protection Regulation and take the first steps to ensuring that your organisation is compliant.

Course description

Understand what the GDPR means for you as data subject, controller or processor
4 weeks

On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), aiming to improve data protection for individuals across the EU, became directly applicable. Now, organisations need to be compliant with the new rules and should act immediately.
By developing good knowledge of the GDPR and understanding how it affects you, you will learn about the first steps for making your organisation compliant and can immediately start taking them. You will explore data subjects’ rights, data controllers’ and processors’ obligations, and enforcement and compliance notions in the context of the Regulation.

Identify the main positions of the GDPR, including key concepts, principles and data protection roles.
Explore rights of data subjects and their relevance in daily life.
Investigate obligations of data controllers and processors and related steps that need to be taken for complying with the GDPR.
Evaluate enforcement and compliance mechanisms and international data transfers under the GDPR.

The course is specifically developed for professionals working for companies, public authorities and bodies, students, and anyone who wishes to know more about data protection and the GDPR, especially those handling personal data.

University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Understanding the GDPR

Course Topic

Business & Management, Law

University, College, Institution

University of Groningen

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Understanding the GDPR

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Groningen you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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