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Skillkraft Essentials · ESS-DSG

Data protection at work: personal data, everyday habits and data breaches

Know what personal data is, handle it safely at your desk, pass on people's requests in time, and know exactly what to do when something goes wrong.

About 35 minutes · 5 lessons + final quiz · 1 stage · No coding required

Free

For: Any office employee. No legal background needed.

General guidance, not legal advice. Your company adds its own contacts and rules, including its data protection officer or contact.

What employees learn about data protection

  • ✓Free, for any employee: about 35 minutes, no legal background needed
  • ✓What personal data is, and the everyday habits that keep it safe at your desk
  • ✓Pass on people's requests in time, and report a data breach at once
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Every module, in order

What the data protection course covers

Stage 1 · ESS-DSG

Data Protection at Work

What personal data is, everyday data at your desk, sharing and storing safely, people's rights, and what to do when something goes wrong. Then a 10-question final quiz.

Module 01

What Personal Data Is

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Know What Counts as Personal Data
  • Follow the Link From a Number to a Person
  • Play: Personal Data or Not?
  • Take Extra Care With Special Categories
  • Learn the Core Principles in Plain Words
  • Use Only What the Task Needs
  • Three Things to Remember

ShipsTell personal data from other data, and name the core principles in plain words.

Module 02

Everyday Data at Your Desk

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Check Every Email Before You Send
  • Find the Leaks Before You Press Send
  • Practise on Four Situations
  • Handle Prints and Screens
  • Share Links With Care
  • Answer Phone Calls That Ask for Data
  • Three Things to Remember

ShipsHandle email, prints, screens, links and phone requests without leaking data.

Module 03

Sharing and Storing Safely

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Use Approved Tools Only
  • See Where a Private Copy Goes
  • Share on a Need-to-Know Basis
  • Work From Home the Approved Way
  • Remove Access When People Move On
  • Delete What You No Longer Need
  • Three Things to Remember

ShipsKeep personal data in approved tools, share it on a need-to-know basis, and delete what you no longer need.

Module 04

Customers' and Colleagues' Rights

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Know the Main Rights
  • Recognise a Request in Any Form
  • Watch the One-Month Clock
  • Pass It On the Same Day
  • Know What Not to Do
  • Remember Colleagues Have Rights Too
  • Three Things to Remember

ShipsRecognise a data protection request and pass it to the right person the same day.

Module 05

When Something Goes Wrong

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Recognise a Data Breach
  • Choose What Selin Does Next
  • Report It Immediately
  • Understand Why Minutes Matter
  • Give the Right Details
  • Never Hide It
  • Three Things to Remember

ShipsRecognise a data breach and report it at once to your data protection contact.

Module 06

Final Quiz

Essentials · Data Protection

  • Get Ready for the Final Challenge

ShipsPass the 10-question final quiz with 8 or more right.

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