Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments

Introduction and Purpose

This course is a practical intensive workshop, introducing theory, principles, and tools in the practical context of real-life scenarios.

Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA’s) are a core requirement in the General Data Protection Regulation, supporting a risk-based approach to compliance. They are also a valuable tool for planning, defining, and refining new ideas and projects to avoid problems, re-work, and wasted resources.

This workshop provides attendees with an in-depth and hands on grounding in the concepts involved in Data Protection Impact Assessments, a structured method to conduct DPIAs in a scalable manner, and insight into how these concepts relate to other principles and practices in Data Protection, Data Governance, and Information Quality Management.

Key Objectives

Delegates will understand . . .

• What a Data Protection Impact Assessment is
• Differences between a Privacy Impact Assessment and a Data Protection Impact Assessment
• Why a Data Protection Impact Assessment is done
• When a DPIA is necessary / recommended
• A scalable structured method for conducting a DPIA
• Benefits to an organisation beyond Data Protection compliance that can come from a Data Protection Impact Assessment

Delivery

The training requirements will be delivered through a half-day workshop-style session with questions and answers.