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RGPD Essentials for Non-Technical Managers

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What's included in this Course

  • 7 Modules
  • Access on mobile and PC
  • 7 exercices, 1 Final Quiz
  • 1 Year Access

Course Description

RGPD compliance is not only the responsibility of legal, IT, or data protection teams. Managers regularly make decisions involving employee records, customer information, service providers, marketing activities, workplace systems, and digital tools. Without a clear understanding of data protection requirements, these everyday decisions can create legal, financial, and reputational risks.

 

The RGPD Essentials for Non-Technical Managers course gives managers a clear and accessible understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation and the French data protection framework. It explains the essential principles of lawful processing, transparency, accountability, individual rights, data security, and responsible information management without requiring a legal or technical background.

 

Learners will explore how RGPD requirements apply to common management responsibilities, including supervising employees, selecting vendors, approving new projects, responding to data incidents, handling international data transfers, and introducing technologies such as artificial intelligence or biometric systems.

 

This GDPR training for managers helps learners recognize data protection risks, ask appropriate compliance questions, document important decisions, and work more effectively with legal, compliance, HR, procurement, IT, security, and Data Protection Officer teams.

 

Course Overview

Managers play an important role in protecting personal data because many organizational decisions begin at the departmental or operational level. A new supplier, employee monitoring system, marketing campaign, customer database, or AI tool may involve personal data and trigger RGPD responsibilities.

 

This course explains how managers can support compliant data processing throughout the information lifecycle. Learners will examine the key RGPD principles, lawful bases for processing, transparency requirements, individual rights, employee data, supplier relationships, accountability records, and Data Protection Impact Assessments.

 

The course also covers data security, breach identification and reporting, international data transfers, Standard Contractual Clauses, Transfer Impact Assessments, artificial intelligence, biometric data, French workplace requirements, and CNIL enforcement.

 

By connecting regulatory obligations with real management decisions, the course helps non-technical professionals understand when data protection issues may arise, when specialist support is needed, and how stronger oversight can reduce compliance risks across the organization.

Course Curriculum

7 sections 4.5 Hours total length

RGPD Foundations for Managers

  • RGPD mindset for decision makers
  • Map data flows without jargon
  • Principles that drive daily choices
  • Accountability: prove it with evidence

Lawful Bases, Transparency, and Trust

  • Lawful bases: pick the right one
  • Consent: when it truly works
  • Privacy notices managers can approve
  • Cookies and trackers: France-ready rules

People, Rights, and HR Reality

  • Rights requests: run a DSAR process
  • Employee data: avoid consent traps
  • Sensitive data: health biometrics union info
  • Children and vulnerable users safeguards

Vendors, Contracts, and Shared Responsibility

  • Responsable or sous-traitant: classify partners
  • Contracts: mandatory clauses and checkpoints
  • Joint controllers: shared goals, shared risk
  • Data sharing: marketing and analytics

Risk Management: RoPA, AIPD/DPIA, Security, Breaches

  • Registre: build a living RoPA system
  • AIPD triggers: CNIL list, no guesswork
  • Security governance: risk-based minimum controls
  • Breach response: 72-hour decision sprint

Transfers, Modern Tech, and Future-Proofing

  • Transfers after Schrems II: basics managers
  • SCCs 2021: what you commit to
  • TIA decision tree for vendors use
  • AI, profiling, biometrics: new constraints

France-First Law, Workplace Rules, and CNIL Enforcement

  • France legal stack: LIL and decrees
  • Workplace monitoring: CSE and Code
  • French HR playbook: lawful bases
  • CNIL sanctions: astreinte and name-shame

What you'll learn

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

  • Understand the core principles and responsibilities of the RGPD.
  • Identify lawful bases for processing personal data.
  • Recognize and support individual data protection rights.
  • Manage employee, customer, and supplier data more responsibly.
  • Understand when a Data Protection Impact Assessment may be required.
  • Respond appropriately to personal data breaches and reporting duties.
  • Identify risks involving international transfers, AI tools, and biometric data.
  • Work more effectively with legal, compliance, IT, HR, and Data Protection Officer teams.

Why Choose Us

French Compliance Institute provides professional course designed around the compliance and governance challenges faced by organizations operating in France and across the European Union. This course presents RGPD requirements in clear, accessible language, making complex legal and data protection concepts easier for non-technical managers to understand and apply in their daily responsibilities.

The content connects regulatory obligations with real management decisions involving employees, customers, suppliers, digital tools, data breaches, international transfers, and emerging technologies. Learners gain a structured understanding of how to recognize risks, support accountability, document decisions, and work more effectively with legal, compliance, HR, IT, security, and Data Protection Officer teams.

Who is this course for

This course is designed for non-technical managers, team leaders, department heads, HR professionals, operations managers, marketing managers, procurement teams, project managers, and business decision-makers who handle or oversee personal data.

It is also suitable for professionals responsible for employees, customers, suppliers, digital tools, internal processes, or new business projects. The course helps managers understand their RGPD responsibilities, identify potential data protection risks, and know when to involve legal, compliance, IT, security, or Data Protection Officer teams.

Requirements

No legal, technical, or data protection experience is required. A basic understanding of workplace processes, team management, customer information, employee records, supplier relationships, or digital tools will help learners connect the course content with their daily responsibilities. The course is designed for non-technical professionals who want to understand RGPD obligations in clear and accessible language.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, learner will receive a free Certificate of Completion

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Why Compliance Training Matters

Managers influence how personal data is collected, shared, stored, and used across everyday business activities. Without proper training, routine decisions involving employees, customers, suppliers, marketing systems, or digital tools can create avoidable RGPD risks.

Compliance training helps managers recognize when data protection obligations apply, understand when specialist advice is needed, and make better-informed decisions. It also supports stronger accountability, clearer internal communication, improved incident response, and more consistent data protection practices across the organization.

Career Path

This course can support career development in compliance, data protection, governance, risk management, HR, operations, procurement, project management, and business leadership. It is particularly useful for managers who want to take on greater responsibility for RGPD compliance, personal data governance, supplier oversight, policy implementation, and organizational accountability.

The knowledge gained can also help professionals work more effectively with Data Protection Officers, legal teams, compliance specialists, IT departments, and senior leadership.