In order to create a privacy culture, it is essential that you provide privacy training to all employees who handle personal data, regardless of their role or level of access. This includes not only employees who work in IT or data security, but also those who work in customer service, marketing, human resources, finance, and other areas.
Privacy training helps ensure that employees understand their responsibilities and obligations when handling personal data, and can help prevent data breaches, privacy violations, and other security incidents. It can also help employees stay up-to-date with changing privacy regulations and best practices, and help you maintain compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
It is important to make sure that privacy training is easily accessible and understandable to all. You will need to provide regular updates and refreshers on key privacy concepts, as well as provide resources and support to help your employees implement privacy best practices in their day-to-day work.
Let GDPA take the hassle out of keeping track of whether your employees are completing their privacy training. Ensure you provide ongoing privacy training to your staff, using GDPA's Online Training Videos and presentations. GDPA provides all members with essential privacy training programs that are included with each membership, including GDPR Awareness and Security Training.
For those wanting further and more detailed training, GDPA together with their training partner MAIT, offers the best online, privacy management courses. Courses are written by industry experts and are available as a fee-for-service. New courses and languages are added regularly.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
In order to create a privacy culture, it is essential that you provide privacy training to all employees who handle personal data, regardless of their role or level of access. This includes not only employees who work in IT or data security, but also those who work in customer service, marketing, human resources, finance, and other areas.
Privacy training helps ensure that employees understand their responsibilities and obligations when handling personal data, and can help prevent data breaches, privacy violations, and other security incidents. It can also help employees stay up-to-date with changing privacy regulations and best practices, and help you maintain compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
It is important to make sure that privacy training is easily accessible and understandable to all. You will need to provide regular updates and refreshers on key privacy concepts, as well as provide resources and support to help your employees implement privacy best practices in their day-to-day work.
Let GDPA help you take the hassle out of sourcing and developing relevant privacy training. Subscribe to GDPA and have access to essential privacy training programs that are included with each membership, including Awareness and Security Training. Each time an employee completes a training program, it is logged and timestamped on the Trust platform, so you can rest assured that your employees are taking privacy training seriously.
For those wanting further and more detailed training, GDPA together with their training partner MAIT, offers the best online, privacy management courses. Courses are written by industry experts and are available as a fee-for-service. New courses and languages are added regularly.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
Information security policies are a set of guidelines and rules that organisations develop and implement, to protect their sensitive information and data assets. These policies define how the organisation manages, stores, and handles its data and information, and they help ensure that employees, contractors, and other stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities in protecting this information.
These policies typically cover a wide range of areas, such as access control, data classification, encryption, backup and recovery, incident response, and security awareness training, as well as the safe use of technology resources such as computers, mobile devices, and cloud services.
By creating and implementing information security policies, you can help your company to define what information is considered confidential and how it should be handled, stored, and shared. This ensures that sensitive information such as customer data, financial records, and trade secrets are protected from unauthorised access or disclosure.
Update your existing Information Security Policies and create new ones when you upgrade to a GDPA membership. GDPA provides its members with over fifty information security template policies, that are customisable to suit any organisation.
Ensure you have the correct rules and procedures in place to help your organisation to protect against data breaches and cyber-attacks and know how to respond swiftly if such an incident occurs
Create and implement your policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, protect your company’s reputation and demonstrate your commitment to protecting your stakeholders' sensitive information.
Let GDPA help you demonstrate your commitment to safeguarding sensitive information, so you can enhance your reputation and help attract and retain customers and partners.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
Information security policies are a set of guidelines and rules that organisations develop and implement, to protect their sensitive information and data assets. These policies define how the organisation manages, stores, and handles its data and information, and they help ensure that employees, contractors, and other stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities in protecting this information.
These policies typically cover a wide range of areas, such as access control, data classification, encryption, backup and recovery, incident response, and security awareness training, as well as the safe use of technology resources such as computers, mobile devices, and cloud services.
By creating and implementing information security policies, you can help your company to define what information is considered confidential and how it should be handled, stored, and shared. This ensures that sensitive information such as customer data, financial records, and trade secrets are protected from unauthorised access or disclosure.
Ensure you have the correct rules and procedures in place to help your organisation to protect against data breaches and cyber-attacks and know how to respond swiftly if such an incident occurs. GDPA provides its members with over fifty information security template policies, that are customisable to suit any organisation.
Create and implement your policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, protect your company’s reputation and demonstrate your commitment to protecting your stakeholders' sensitive information.
Let GDPA help you demonstrate your commitment to safeguarding sensitive information, so you can enhance your reputation and help attract and retain customers and partners.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
Global data protection and privacy laws impose different requirements on companies in the event of a data breach. From reporting obligations to notification requirements, each law sets out its own rules that companies must follow to protect the personal information of their customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
As such, it is essential for your company to be aware of these requirements and address them accordingly. Failing to do so can result in legal liabilities, reputational damage, and financial losses.
To effectively manage data breaches and ensure compliance with relevant laws, you must have a robust management system in place that outlines clear procedures for identifying, reporting, and responding to breaches.
Do you have a management system in place that allows you to respond to all security and data breaches quickly and according to relevant regulations? Upgrade to a membership and GDPA will provide you with a data breach portal to record every data security incident, regardless of whether it must be immediately reported to the supervisory authority.
If a supervisory authority requests an explanation of the incident at a later date, all information is logged and time-stamped, for easy access. The portal helps you record vital information such as when the breach occurred and who was involved. It also contains a Data Risk Assessment to help determine whether the breach should be reported.
Further, individuals can easily notify you of data breaches they have incurred from your company, allowing you to respond and take relevant action in the specified time frame, as required by data and privacy regulations.
GDPA will provide you with the resources and tools you need, to help with an information security breach and facilitate a quick, effective and orderly response.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
Global data protection and privacy laws impose different requirements on companies in the event of a data breach. From reporting obligations to notification requirements, each law sets out its own rules that companies must follow to protect the personal information of their customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
As such, it is essential for your company to be aware of these requirements and address them accordingly. Failing to do so can result in legal liabilities, reputational damage, and financial losses.
To effectively manage data breaches and ensure compliance with relevant laws, you must have a robust management system in place that outlines clear procedures for identifying, reporting, and responding to breaches.
GDPA provides members with a data breach portal to record every data security incident, regardless of whether it must be immediately reported to the supervisory authority. If a supervisory authority requests an explanation of the incident at a later date, all information is logged and time-stamped, for easy access. The portal helps record vital information such as when the breach occurred and who was involved. It also contains a Data Risk Assessment to help determine whether the breach should be reported.
Further, individuals can easily notify you of data breaches they have incurred from your company, allowing you to respond and take relevant action in the specified time frame, as required by data and privacy regulations.
GDPA will provide you with the resources and tools you need, to help with an information security breach and facilitate a quick, effective and orderly response.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
Privacy & Data Protection Readiness Assessment Score Card
Score: 0 - 25
Recommendation: Your organization is at high risk for privacy and data protection breaches. Your policies, procedures, privacy & data protection management systems might be inadequate or non-existent, and you lack awareness and training for your employees. You need to urgently address these gaps and implement a privacy and data protection program to protect your business and customers. Failure to do so could be terminal for your business. We recommend you subscribe to the GDPA Trust Platform to help you manage and maintain your privacy and data protection obligations.
Score: 26 - 50
Recommendation: Your organization is at high risk for privacy and data protection breaches. Your organization has some privacy and data protection policies and procedures in place, but they are not sufficient to manage your risks effectively. Failure to do so could be terminal for your business. You need to review and update your privacy and data protection management systems, policies, procedures, and training programs, and implement a privacy and data protection program that aligns with industry best practices. We recommend you subscribe to the GDPA Trust Platform to help you manage and maintain your privacy and data protection obligations.
Score: 51 - 75
Recommendation: Your organization is at risk for privacy and data protection breaches. Your organization has implemented some privacy and data protection policies and procedures, and management systems but there are still areas of improvement. You need to ensure that your plans, agreements, assessments, policies, consent forms, privacy requests registers and data breach registers and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated, and that your employees are trained to comply with them. We recommend you subscribe to the GDPA Trust Platform to help you manage and maintain your privacy and data protection obligations and help you streamline your program.
Score: 76 - 100
Recommendation: Your organization has strong privacy and data protection policies and procedures in place, and you are actively managing your risks. However, you still need to maintain your privacy and data protection program, review and update your policies and procedures regularly, maintain breach and privacy requests registers, consent forms, assessments and audits and ensure that your employees are aware and trained to comply with them. We recommend you subscribe to the GDPA Trust Platform to help you manage and maintain your privacy and data protection obligations and streamline your program.
Regardless of the score, it is crucial that you maintain a management system to help you manage and maintain your privacy and data protection tasks and obligations effectively. GDPA’s Trust platform is ideal for this. The platform will provide you with a comprehensive management system, knowledge bank, tools, templates, and resources to implement and maintain a robust privacy and data protection program across your entire organisation that aligns with industry best practices.
Use this link to register and access all features of GDPA's Privacy Platform (CLICK HERE) or if you prefer use this link to arrange a suitable time to speak to one of our experts or request a demo (BOOK SUPPORT)
