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Training courses
Training is the key to protecting your
business or organisation from mistakes and accidents involving personal
information.
Here are some of the courses provided by Simply DP, all at very competitive
rates:
(click course title for more details):
All packages can be delivered as a course by Simply DP or provided with
additional guidance notes and material for use within your organisation at
your own pace. All training can be tailored to suit your organisation's
specific needs.
This course guides Phil through data protection requirements as he sets up
his business - trading via a shop, a website and taking telephone orders.
Course objective: To provide the knowledge and practical skills to apply
data protection to your business or organisation.
Particularly suitable if: you are starting up a business or will be
responsible for data protection in a small or medium sized enterprise or
organisation
Course covers:
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What is data protection and why is it
important to my business/organisation? |
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Notification - what is it and do I need to
do this? |
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Practical application of the 8 Principles -
good business sense |
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Securing personal information throughout its
lifecycle |
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Outsourcing and sub-contracting - key points |
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Marketing - thinking ahead to avoid the
pitfalls |
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Recruiting & employing staff - data
protection considerations |
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Using cctv |
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What to do if something goes wrong |
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Drawing up an action plan |
This training package can be delivered by Simply DP or provided for use
within your business or organisation - a cost effective way of raising awareness
and reducing risk.
course objective: To provide all your staff with the awareness they need to
help protect your business. The course encourages a pro-active attitude
and is full of practical exercises and games to make it a fun learning
experience. Training can be tailored to include specific requirements and
procedures within your organisation.
Course covers:
A topical approach addressing the things that most commonly go wrong with
data protection - in all types and sizes of organisation. The course
will refer to recent data protection accidents that have got into the news!
course objective: To provide you with the practical knowledge to avoid the
most common data protection risks.
particularly suitable if: You don't have much time but need to do a data
protection risk check for your organisation
To get a feel for the topics covered (which are updated frequently), read
our article about the Top 10 blunders and how to
avoid them here.
Direct marketing can be a data protection minefield. This course
guides you through a campaign step by step looking at the data protection
requirements.
course objective: To provide practical knowledge to apply to your direct
marketing campaigns to get the data protection right - including when using
electronic channels such as email and SMS.
Course covers:
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Getting permissions right - wordings and
other considerations |
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Preference services - what & when to use |
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Message content requirements |
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Managing suppressions |
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Third parties - selling on and renting
in - essential points |
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Campaigns in the news - for the wrong
reasons |
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