Personal Data Protection Officer - Advanced Level Training Course

Day I

I. Selecting a personal data protection management model?
1. Prerequisites for an effective data protection system
2. Current data protection governance models
3. Role and responsibility allocation in data protection processes.

II. Roles and responsibilities of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
1. Mandatory appointment of a DPO
2. Optional appointment of an Inspector
3. Essential knowledge for the DPO
4. Sources for acquiring this knowledge
5. Qualifications required to act as an Inspector
6. Employment status of the Supervisor
7. Enhancing DPO capabilities
8. Core DPO tasks

III. Data flows
1. What the DPO needs to know about data flows
2. Expected DPO competencies
3. DPO responsibilities in this context.

IV. Preparing and conducting an audit?
1. Pre-audit preparatory steps
2. Developing an audit plan
3. Assigning tasks to the audit team
4. Creating working documentation
5. Audit checklist
6. Case study: The auditing process in practice.

V. Assessing the degree of compliance?
1. Key considerations:
2. Processing security
3. Legal bases for processing
4. The principle of consent
5. The principle of data minimization
6. The principle of transparency
7. Delegation of processing
8. Data transfers to third countries and international transfers.

VI. Audit report
1. How to draft an audit report?
2. Essential components of an audit report
3. Points requiring special attention
4. Case study
5. Collaboration with staff – fostering employee awareness
6. How do I verify my CPU warranty?

VII. Sustaining compliance
1. Employee awareness – a critical factor
2. Data Protection Policy
3. Essential, concise documentation
4. Ongoing monitoring

Day II

VIII. Introduction to Risk Management
1. Structuring the risk assessment process
2. Key risk assessment practices
3. Core elements of a DPIA

IX. Analyzing the context of personal data processing
1. Contextual research exercises
2. External context
3. Internal context
4. Common pitfalls

X. Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
1. Objective of the assessment
2. Mandatory vs. optional DPIA scenarios
3. Required process elements
4. Cataloging processing operations
5. Identifying processing resources, especially those posing high risk

XI. Risk analysis exercises
1. Estimating the likelihood of hazards
2. Identifying vulnerabilities and existing security measures
3. Assessing control effectiveness
4. Estimating potential consequences
5. Identifying risks
6. Determining risk levels
7. Setting risk acceptability thresholds

XII. Asset identification and security exercises
1. Determining the risk value for specific resources
2. Estimating hazard likelihood
3. Identifying vulnerabilities
4. Recognizing existing safeguards
5. Estimating consequences
6. Identifying risks
7. Establishing risk acceptability thresholds