Security, data and digital culture
Everyday GDPR course: protecting personal data
ICDL Data Protection (syllabus 1.0) · 7 hrs
The certification
ICDL Data Protection certification (syllabus 1.0).
This certification is not listed in the Specific Directory: it cannot be funded through CPF, but by the employer, the OPCO or a training insurance fund (FAF).
Duration and price
Course
€590
Price per person, net of tax (VAT not applicable), exam included.
This course is also part of the Responsible digital use in business pack (digital culture, cybersecurity, data protection and AI micro-certification): 4 certifications · 42 hrs · €2,690 net of tax per person.
Objectives
By the end of the course, the learner is able to:
- Define personal data and processing, and place the role of each party
- Explain the objectives and scope of the GDPR
- Apply the processing principles and legal bases
- Make it easy for people to exercise their rights
- Put suitable technical and organisational measures in place
- React to a data breach and assess the risk of penalties
Skills assessed
The syllabus assesses 6 areas:
- Concepts: personal data, privacy, processing, risks and roles of the parties
- Overview of the GDPR: objectives and scope
- Processing principles and lawfulness
- Rights of data subjects
- Implementation: policies, data protection by design, technical and organisational measures
- Compliance: data breaches and penalties
Programme
The order and length of each module are adjusted to the group after the placement test.
Personal data and privacy
Define personal data and processing; risks to data and to individuals; roles: data subject, controller, processor, data protection officer, supervisory authority.
The GDPR in brief
Why this regulation exists, its objectives, its material and territorial scope.
Principles and lawfulness
Lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation, security, accountability; legal bases and conditions for consent; sensitive data; transfers outside the European Union.
Individuals’ rights
Inform clearly (privacy notices); handle requests for access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection.
Implement data protection
Internal policies, data protection by design and by default, impact assessment, technical and organisational measures, pseudonymisation and anonymisation.
Data breaches and penalties
Recognise a breach, notify it to the supervisory authority (72 hours) and to the data subjects if the risk is high, know the penalties.
Applying it to your company
Review of the privacy notices and procedures of the learner’s company.
Exam practice and sitting the certification
ICDL practice tests, corrected with comments, then a supervised certification exam.
In this course
- The company’s privacy notices and procedures reviewed
Audience and prerequisites
Audience: employees, freelancers and jobseekers.
- Use a computer and the internet in everyday life.
- Command of written and spoken French or English (courses delivered in French or English).
- Take the free ICDL placement test before enrolling.
Formats
In person
In a classroom in Mougins, Valbonne or Sophia Antipolis, in groups of 1 to 8 people, in full 7-hour days or 3.5-hour half-days. Workstation provided, with the necessary software.
Online
Live virtual classes with the trainer, in 3.5-hour half-days. You need a computer with the relevant software, an internet connection, a microphone and a webcam; a technical test takes place before the first session.
Hybrid
Sessions with the trainer, in a classroom or virtual class (at least 50% of the duration), and guided work on the ICDL practice platform, which is provided. Same technical conditions as online.
For online and hybrid courses, technical and teaching support is provided by phone and email, with a reply within 48 working hours at the latest.
Assessment and validation
- Before: free ICDL placement test and 20-minute interview to define the pathway.
- During: corrected exercises and practice tests.
- At the end: supervised ICDL exam.
- Satisfaction: questionnaire at the end of the course, then a questionnaire after 3 months.
Validation: ICDL certificate verifiable online if you pass, course completion certificate in all cases.
Teaching methods and resources: interview and placement test, then a pathway adjusted to the result. Demonstrations, exercises on professional cases, practice tests, digital materials given to the learner. Trainers experienced in the subject taught.
Accessibility
Courses are accessible to people with disabilities after a discussion with the disability officer, who assesses the adaptations needed. The rooms in Mougins, Valbonne and Sophia Antipolis are accessible to people with reduced mobility. Disability officer: +33 4 22 21 32 43, contact@antipolisformation.fr. For the exam, adjustments can be requested from the test centre.
Access times
Dates and the access time are given in the written proposal (programme, duration, dates, price) that follows your enquiry.
Funding
Possible funding: employer, OPCO, FAF.
Prices are per person, net of tax (VAT not applicable).
Practical information
- Documents given before the start of the course: programme, general terms of sale, internal rules, welcome booklet.
- Enrolment and teaching questions: +33 4 22 21 32 43, contact@antipolisformation.fr.
- Complaints: same address, with a reply within 10 working days.
- Other answers: see the frequently asked questions on courses, ICDL certification and funding.
Enrolment and enquiries
A question about this course?
Describe your project: an adviser will contact you free of charge and with no commitment, with the programme and a quote.