| Are You Ready For GDPR? |
| Written by Sue Gee |
| Friday, 04 May 2018 |
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GDPR is European legislation that comes into force on May 25th and will affect any business, online or otherwise, that keeps personal data on European citizens. If you don't know how this affects you, Future Learn has some short courses that could help. Recent news headlines reporting websites closing down and citing GDPR as the reason are probably causing a sense of unease. And when you discover that: Failure to meet the GDPR requirements can result in fines up to EUR 20 million or up to 4% of the company’s worldwide annual turnover for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher. unease might turn to panic. It does suggest that looking into what GDPR is might be a good idea. The Future Learn platform is currently offering courses that might help - and if you simply want to know what GDPR means for the promo video of Understanding the GDPR from the University of Groningen might be enough to satisfy your curiosity: This is a 4-week course that has already started but as each week only requires 3 hours per week you should be able to catch up with students who started at the beginning. There is a free option which gives you 6 weeks access from the date you join it, but if you want to take part in the tests included in the course and earn a certificate if you achieve a score of 70% (plus having unlimited access to it) the cost is £72. The topics for this course are:
In the introductory video learners are told: Throughout this course, we'll make use of a number of real life examples and fictitious cases to be able to explain the EU legal framework on data protection. For example, we will be referring to Google as one of the companies that uses personal data when it's offering services to its clients. To select just one of the promised outcomes, by the end of the course learners should be able to: Investigate obligations of data controllers and processors and related steps that need to be taken for complying with the GDPR.
The second course that is already available is: Introduction to GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation from UCL (University College London) in partnership with PA Consulting. Its blurb states: you will get a thorough introduction to GDPR so you can grow your understanding of protecting personal data and be able to handle data in the digital economy appropriately.
This business-oriented course is for anyone handling customer data, whether working with customers in person, over the phone, or through digital or paper correspondence. Unlike other Future courses we've reported on there is no free access to any part of it. Its cost is £199 and this includes unlimited access to the course including articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes; tests to validate your learning and a Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you're eligible. The outline of the course, which requires 2 hours of effort per week over 3 weeks is:
Week 1 - Law and history
Week 2 - The Natural Person
Week 3 - The organisation and the data lifecycle
Among the outcomes of the course are the ability to
So if you are worried that GDPR might apply to you then this seems like a worthwhile investment of time and money. More InformationIntroduction to GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation Related ArticlesQuantum Computing From FutureLearn Supercomputing MOOC on Future Learn From Scratch To Python With Future Learn Raspberry Pi For Teachers on Future Learn To be informed about new articles on I Programmer, sign up for our weekly newsletter, subscribe to the RSS feed and follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin. 
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