Personal Data Protection Officer - Advanced Level Training Course

Day I

I. Selecting a personal data protection management model
1. Foundational prerequisites for an effective data protection system
2. Review of existing data protection governance models
3. Defining roles and responsibilities within data protection processes.

II. Obligations and responsibilities of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
1. The mandatory appointment of a Data Protection Officer
2. The optional appointment of an Inspector
3. Essential knowledge areas for the DPO
4. Sources for acquiring this knowledge
5. Qualifications required to serve as an Inspector
6. Employment arrangements for the Supervisor
7. Continuous development of the DPO role
8. Core tasks of the DPO

III. Dataflows
1. Key aspects of data flows the DPO must understand
2. Competencies required of the DPO
3. Specific DPO responsibilities regarding data flows.

IV. Preparing and conducting an audit
1. Preliminary activities for audit preparation
2. Developing the audit plan – methodology
3. Assigning roles and tasks to the audit team
4. Drafting working documents
5. Audit checklist
6. Case study: The progression of the auditing process.

V. Assessing the level of compliance
1. Key considerations:
2. Security of data processing
3. Legal bases for processing
4. The principle of consent
5. The principle of data minimization
6. The principle of transparency
7. Entrusting data processing to third parties
8. Transferring data to third countries and international transfers.

VI. The audit report
1. Guidelines for preparing an audit report
2. Essential components of the Audit Report
3. Critical areas requiring special attention
4. Case study
5. Collaborating with staff – enhancing employee awareness
6. Verifying CPU warranty status

VII. Sustaining compliance
1. Employee awareness – a fundamental priority
2. Implementing a Data Protection Policy
3. Maintaining concise, necessary documentation
4. Ongoing monitoring

Day II

VIII. Overview of Risk Management
1. Structuring the risk assessment process
2. Selected practices for risk assessment
3. Core elements of a DPIA

IX. Analyzing the context of personal data processing
1. Exercises in contextual analysis
2. The external environment
3. The internal environment
4. Common pitfalls to avoid

X. Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
1. Objectives of conducting a DPIA
2. Scenarios where a DPIA is mandatory versus optional
3. Required elements of the process
4. Creating an inventory of processing operations
5. Identifying processing resources, particularly those posing high risk

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

XII. Asset Identification and Security Exercises
1. Calculating the process risk value for a specific resource
2. Estimating the probability of hazard occurrence
3. Identifying vulnerabilities
4. Reviewing existing safeguards
5. Estimating consequences
6. Identifying risks
7. Establishing the risk acceptability threshold