Focusing on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how to apply it in practice, this popular course provides knowledge essential to a range of organisations.

The course, which starts on 8 February 2023,is designed to ensure that participants are equipped to understand and comply with the regulation’s requirements.

Course content

On completion of the certificate, participants will have:

• A comprehensive knowledge of Regulation 2016/679 (the GDPR);
• An understanding of the data protection framework in Ireland as governed by the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018;
• An ability to apply that knowledge to a range of data protection issues in practice
• The skills to advise on subject access requests, legitimate processing, data retention, consent, and international data transfers;
• The confidence to recognise when a data breach has occurred and the notification requirements;
• An understanding of the sanctions for non-compliance and the powers of the Data Protection Commission;
• The skills to conduct a data privacy impact assessment and a data protection audit and to report on an organisation’s data governance and security. 

This course is suitable for solicitors, barristers, and trainees who currently advise or aspire to advise on data protection issues, Data protection and compliance officers, and those who are data controllers/processors and need to understand their legal obligations/duties. It will also appeal to professionals advising on/working in the area of data protection who need to update their knowledge on the GDPR.

For further information, see www.lawsociety.ie/diplomacentre or contact Megan Murphy Byrne, Course Leader by email: m.murphybyrne@lawsociety.ie