Training course

Overview

Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR & CCPA) is a professional data protection, privacy compliance, and information governance training course designed to equip employees, managers, compliance professionals, legal teams, technology professionals, and business leaders with the knowledge required to understand and apply major privacy requirements in modern organizations. The course provides a practical examination of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), with emphasis on privacy principles, individual rights, organizational responsibilities, risk management, and effective data protection practices.

The course begins with the foundations of personal data, privacy governance, and regulatory compliance before progressing into the key requirements of GDPR and CCPA. Participants will examine concepts including personal data, sensitive information, data subjects, consumers, controllers, processors, service providers, business purposes, lawful processing, consent, transparency, data minimization, purpose limitation, retention, security, and accountability. Practical examples demonstrate how these concepts apply to customer records, employee information, marketing databases, websites, applications, cloud services, analytics platforms, and third-party relationships.

Effective privacy compliance requires organizations to understand how personal information is collected, used, shared, stored, transferred, retained, and deleted. Participants will therefore learn how to conduct practical privacy assessments, develop data inventories and records of processing activities, evaluate privacy risks, respond to data subject and consumer requests, manage consent, assess third parties, handle data breaches, and establish appropriate technical and organizational safeguards. The course also introduces complementary frameworks and standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, NIST Privacy Framework, privacy-by-design principles, and data protection impact assessment practices.

Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR & CCPA) is particularly valuable for organizations operating internationally or serving customers whose information may be subject to different privacy regimes. Through case studies, compliance exercises, privacy impact scenarios, breach simulations, data mapping activities, policy development exercises, and realistic business situations, participants will develop the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical organizational controls. The program progresses from foundational privacy awareness to advanced compliance management, governance, incident response, cross-border data considerations, and continuous privacy improvement.

Course Duration

5 Days (40 Hours)

Target Participants

This course is suitable for:

• Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
• Managing Directors
• Directors and Senior Executives
• General Managers
• Department Heads
• Managers and Supervisors
• Data Protection Officers
• Privacy Officers and Compliance Officers
• Legal and Corporate Governance Professionals
• Risk Management Professionals
• Information Security Professionals
• Information Technology Professionals
• Data and Analytics Professionals
• Human Resource Professionals
• Marketing and Customer Relationship Professionals
• Finance and Accounting Professionals
• Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals
• Sales and Customer Service Professionals
• Software and Application Development Teams
• Government and Public Sector Professionals
• NGO and Development Professionals
• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
• Professionals Responsible for Handling Personal Information

Course Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of data privacy and personal data protection.
• Explain the purpose and scope of GDPR and CCPA.
• Distinguish between personal data, sensitive data, and non-personal information.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of controllers, processors, businesses, service providers, and consumers.
• Explain the core principles of GDPR data processing.
• Understand CCPA consumer privacy rights and organizational obligations.
• Identify appropriate lawful bases for processing personal data under GDPR.
• Understand consent requirements and effective consent management.
• Apply data minimization, purpose limitation, accuracy, retention, and accountability principles.
• Understand transparency and privacy notice requirements.
• Respond appropriately to data subject and consumer rights requests.
• Conduct data mapping and develop data inventories.
• Understand Records of Processing Activities and privacy documentation requirements.
• Apply Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default principles.
• Understand Data Protection Impact Assessments and privacy risk assessments.
• Evaluate third-party data processors, service providers, and vendor risks.
• Understand international and cross-border personal data transfer considerations.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to personal data breaches.
• Apply recognized privacy and information security frameworks to privacy governance.
• Develop a practical GDPR and CCPA compliance improvement action plan.

Course Content

Day 1: Foundations of Data Privacy and Regulatory Compliance

Module 1: Understanding GDPR, CCPA, Personal Data, and Privacy Governance

Topics

1.      Introduction to Data Privacy Regulations and Organizational Privacy

2.      Understanding Personal Data and Personally Identifiable Information

3.      Sensitive and Special Categories of Personal Data

4.      Data Subjects, Consumers, Controllers, Businesses, Processors, and Service Providers

5.      Overview of the GDPR and Its Regulatory Scope

6.      Overview of the CCPA and California Consumer Privacy Rights

7.      Comparing GDPR and CCPA Requirements

8.      Core GDPR Data Protection Principles

9.      Introduction to Privacy Governance and Accountability

10.  Practical Exercise: Organizational Personal Data and Privacy Risk Assessment

Day 2: GDPR Principles, Lawful Processing, and Individual Rights

Module 2: Applying GDPR Requirements in Business Operations

Topics

1.      Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency

2.      Purpose Limitation and Data Minimization

3.      Accuracy and Personal Data Quality

4.      Storage Limitation and Data Retention

5.      Integrity, Confidentiality, and Security of Personal Data

6.      Accountability and Demonstrating Compliance

7.      Lawful Bases for Processing Personal Data

8.      Consent Requirements and Consent Management

9.      Data Subject Rights Under GDPR

10.  Case Study Exercise: Evaluating a Company's GDPR Data Processing Practices

Day 3: CCPA Rights, Data Management, and Privacy Operations

Module 3: Implementing CCPA Consumer Privacy Requirements

Topics

1.      Understanding CCPA Scope and Applicability

2.      Consumer Right to Know and Access Personal Information

3.      Consumer Right to Delete Personal Information

4.      Consumer Right to Correct and Other Applicable Rights

5.      Opt-Out Rights and Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

6.      Sensitive Personal Information and CCPA Requirements

7.      Privacy Notices and Required Consumer Disclosures

8.      Handling Consumer Privacy Requests and Verification

9.      Comparing CCPA Consumer Rights With GDPR Data Subject Rights

10.  Practical Exercise: Processing and Responding to a Consumer Privacy Request

Day 4: Privacy Governance, Risk Management, and Data Protection

Module 4: Building Effective Privacy Compliance Controls

Topics

1.      Data Mapping and Personal Information Inventories

2.      Records of Processing Activities

3.      Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments

4.      Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default

5.      Data Retention and Secure Deletion Programs

6.      Third-Party Processors, Vendors, and Service Providers

7.      Privacy Agreements and Data Processing Requirements

8.      Cross-Border Data Transfers and International Data Protection Considerations

9.      Introduction to ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 27001, and NIST Privacy Framework

10.  Practical Exercise: Developing a Privacy Risk Register and Data Protection Improvement Plan

Day 5: Data Breaches, Compliance Response, and Advanced Privacy Management

Module 5: Advanced Privacy Compliance, Incident Response, and Continuous Improvement

Topics

1.      Understanding Personal Data Breaches and Privacy Incidents

2.      Identifying and Assessing Privacy Breach Risks

3.      Data Breach Response and Regulatory Notification Considerations

4.      Coordinating Legal, Compliance, IT, Security, and Management Teams

5.      Managing Data Subject and Consumer Rights at Scale

6.      Privacy Risks in Cloud Computing, Analytics, AI, and Digital Platforms

7.      Integrated Case Study: Managing a Cross-Border Personal Data Breach

8.      Final Practical Assessment: GDPR and CCPA Compliance Scenario

9.      Developing an Enterprise Privacy Governance and Compliance Framework

10.  Course Review, Personal Development Plan, and 90-Day GDPR and CCPA Compliance Action Plan