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Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection

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What's included in this Course

  • 6 Modules
  • Access on Mobile and Desktop
  • 6 Exercises, 1 Final Quiz
  • One-year Access

Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection Course Overview

The Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection provides a structured and comprehensive understanding of data protection principles, GDPR obligations, French privacy requirements, and practical compliance governance. The course covers personal data and processing, controller and processor responsibilities, joint controllership, accountability, lawful processing, transparency, consent, individual rights, DPO duties, records of processing activities, internal controls, DPIAs, breach response, vendor management, international transfers, cloud processing, AI, profiling, children’s data, and emerging privacy risks.

This Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection is important because organizations across France and the wider European market handle personal data every day through customer records, employee files, websites, marketing platforms, SaaS tools, outsourced services, cloud systems, and digital business operations. Data protection is no longer only a legal function; it is a core organizational responsibility involving governance, documentation, risk management, security, procurement, HR, marketing, technology, and leadership. Professionals need to understand how GDPR compliance works in practical workplace settings, especially when processing activities involve consent, cookies, sensitive data, international transfers, high-risk processing, or third-party vendors.

The course is relevant for learners and organizations seeking a strong foundation in GDPR compliance, French data protection culture, and operational privacy governance. It helps participants understand how the GDPR, the Loi Informatique et Libertés, CNIL expectations, EDPB guidance, DPO responsibilities, DPIA processes, processor contracts, breach notification duties, and transfer safeguards fit together within a compliance programme. By following the supplied curriculum, the diploma supports professional development and helps organizations build stronger privacy awareness, clearer accountability, improved evidence management, and more reliable data protection practices.

What Topics Does This Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection Course Cover?

This Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection course covers the main GDPR, French data protection, governance, risk, security, vendor, transfer, and emerging privacy topics included in the curriculum.

  • Personal data and processing

  • Controllers, processors, and joint controllers

  • GDPR principles and accountability

  • CNIL, EDPB, and French data protection culture

  • GDPR articles, recitals, and scope

  • Loi Informatique et Libertés

  • Lawful bases and special category data

  • Criminal offence data and sector-specific rules

  • Privacy notices and fair information duties

  • Consent, cookies, trackers, and marketing

  • Individual rights, including access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, restriction, and automated decision rights

  • DPO role and independence

  • Records of processing activities

  • Policies, retention, and internal controls

  • CNIL controls and audit evidence

  • DPIA and high-risk processing

  • Privacy by design and data minimization

  • Security of processing and access controls

  • Breach notification and incident records

  • Processor contracts and vendor due diligence

  • International transfers, SCCs, TIAs, and BCRs

  • Cloud, SaaS, and outsourced processing

  • AI, profiling, children’s data, and global comparisons

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand key GDPR and French data protection foundations, including personal data, processing, controllers, processors, joint controllers, and accountability.
  • Identify the main elements of the GDPR, including articles, recitals, scope, lawful bases, special category data, and criminal offence data considerations.
  • Analyze the role of the Loi Informatique et Libertés, CNIL, EDPB, and French data protection culture in privacy compliance.
  • Apply transparency, consent, privacy notice, cookie, tracker, and marketing compliance principles in workplace contexts.
  • Evaluate individual rights, including access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, restriction, and automated decision rights.
  • Implement governance knowledge related to DPO duties, records of processing activities, retention, internal controls, and audit evidence.
  • Assess data protection risks through DPIAs, privacy by design, data minimization, security of processing, access controls, and breach response.
  • Manage knowledge of processor contracts, vendor due diligence, international transfers, SCCs, TIAs, BCRs, cloud services, SaaS, AI, profiling, children’s data, and emerging privacy risks.

Why Choose Us

Our Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection training is designed to provide a structured, professional, and learner-focused experience. The course follows a clear curriculum that covers GDPR foundations, French data protection rules, lawful processing, transparency, consent, individual rights, DPO duties, records of processing, policies, controls, DPIAs, breach response, vendor management, international transfers, and emerging privacy risks.

The training focuses on practical knowledge transfer and professional relevance. Participants learn concepts that matter in real workplace settings, including accountability, lawful bases, privacy notices, cookies and trackers, access requests, CNIL controls, audit evidence, privacy by design, security of processing, processor contracts, SCCs, TIAs, BCRs, cloud services, SaaS, AI, profiling, and children’s data. The course is suitable for both individuals developing their privacy knowledge and organizations seeking stronger internal understanding of GDPR compliance.

This approach supports learners who want clear explanations, structured content, and relevant data protection knowledge without exaggerated claims or unsupported promises. The course is built around educational value, compliance relevance, and professional development, helping participants understand how GDPR and French data protection requirements apply across organizational processes.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for professionals who handle, govern, protect, assess, or oversee personal data in organizational settings.

  • Compliance officers
  • Data protection officers
  • Privacy professionals
  • Legal and governance professionals
  • Risk managers
  • Internal auditors
  • Information governance professionals
  • HR professionals
  • Marketing and communications professionals
  • IT and cybersecurity managers
  • Procurement and vendor management professionals
  • Operations managers
  • Department heads and team leaders
  • Directors responsible for governance, compliance, data, or risk

Requirements

No specific prior experience is required to enroll in this Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection course. A general interest in GDPR, privacy, compliance, data governance, legal operations, risk management, HR, marketing, IT, procurement, or organizational governance may be helpful.

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Career Path

Completing the Diploma in GDPR Compliance and Data Protection may support professional development in roles and responsibility areas connected to privacy, compliance, governance, data protection, risk, audit, and information management.

  • Data protection support
  • GDPR compliance coordination
  • Privacy programme support
  • Compliance management
  • Risk management
  • Internal audit and assurance
  • Vendor and processor oversight
  • Information governance and data governance support

Course Curriculum

6 sections3 hours total length

Module 1 : Fondements du RGPD et de la protection des données en France

  • Section 1 : Données personnelles et traitement
  • Section 2 : Responsables du traitement, sous-traitants et responsables conjoints
  • Section 3 : Principes du RGPD et responsabilité
  • Section 4 : CNIL, CEPD et culture française de la protection des données

Module 2 : Cadres juridiques et traitement licite

  • Section 1 : Articles, considérants et champ d’application du RGPD
  • Section 2 : Loi Informatique et Libertés
  • Section 3 : Bases légales et données de catégorie particulière
  • Section 4 : Données relatives aux infractions pénales et règles sectorielles

Module 3 : Transparence, consentement et droits des personnes

  • Section 1 : Mentions d’information et devoirs d’information loyale
  • Section 2 : Consentement, cookies, traceurs et marketing
  • Section 3 : Accès, rectification, effacement et portabilité
  • Section 4 : Opposition, limitation et droits liés aux décisions automatisées

Module 4 : Gouvernance, missions du DPO et preuves

  • Section 1 : Rôle et indépendance du DPO
  • Section 2 : Registres des activités de traitement
  • Section 3 : Politiques, conservation et contrôles internes
  • Section 4 : Contrôles de la CNIL et preuves d’audit

Module 5 : Risque, sécurité et réponse aux violations de données

  • Section 1 : AIPD et traitement à haut risque
  • Section 2 : Protection des données dès la conception et minimisation des données
  • Section 3 : Sécurité du traitement et contrôles d’accès
  • Section 4 : Notification des violations et registres d’incidents

Module 6 : Prestataires, transferts et risques émergents

  • Section 1 : Contrats de sous-traitance et diligence raisonnable des prestataires
  • Section 2 : Transferts internationaux, CCT, analyses d’impact relatives aux transferts et BCR
  • Section 3 : Cloud, SaaS et traitements externalisés
  • Section 4 : IA, profilage, données des enfants et comparaisons mondiales