.jpg)
The Data Protection Acts, 1988-2018 incorporate the General Data Protection Regulations [GDPR]. The GDPR are designed to shift how we think about data protection. Broad in scope, the regulation expands what counts as personal data and grants new rights to individual data subjects. The regulation applies to any organisation, in or out of the EU, processing data on EU data subjects.
GDPR is a compliance regulation. The intent of the regulation is to assure that all organisations including Early Years’ services, provide individuals with more control over their personal data. That intent is set out in the GDPR, which is a set of complex new rules about data privacy, including: consent, access, portability, erasure, notification of breach, and more. Penalties for noncompliance can be significant. The GDPR comprises 11 chapters, 99 articles, and 173 recitals.
Building data privacy and protection into your early years’ service touches every part of your service, from parents, children and staff, to your suppliers and any contracts you have. Staff within these settings handle personal data and more importantly, sensitive personal data. It is therefore imperative that childcare/preschool services have a robust Data Protection/GDPR Policy & Procedure in place and that staff are trained and are aware of their obligation to keep such data safe. Data breaches can easily occur if proper systems are not in place, or where there is a lapse in concentration.
GDPR is a compliance regulation. The intent of the regulation is to assure that all organisations including Early Years’ services, provide individuals with more control over their personal data. That intent is set out in the GDPR, which is a set of complex new rules about data privacy, including: consent, access, portability, erasure, notification of breach, and more. Penalties for noncompliance can be significant. The GDPR comprises 11 chapters, 99 articles, and 173 recitals.
Building data privacy and protection into your early years’ service touches every part of your service, from parents, children and staff, to your suppliers and any contracts you have. Staff within these settings handle personal data and more importantly, sensitive personal data. It is therefore imperative that childcare/preschool services have a robust Data Protection/GDPR Policy & Procedure in place and that staff are trained and are aware of their obligation to keep such data safe. Data breaches can easily occur if proper systems are not in place, or where there is a lapse in concentration.
Our new GDPR Course is available on our E-Learning Academy. What makes this course different, is that it focuses specifically on the early years sector, using recognisable and appropriate examples throughout. A learner’s course progress will be tracked along with their assessment score. A certificate is then generated automatically. This GDPR Course is designed to make the learning experience as easy as possible, using video and easy to navigate slides. These features significantly reduce a company’s risk of being found non-compliant. The following is a list of the contents of the course:
- Lesson 1: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Overview
- Lesson 2: Data Law and The Core Principles
- Lesson 3 Handling Data
- Lesson 4: Data Breaches
- Lesson 5: Responsibilities and Disciplinary Actions
- Introduction to GDPR Certificate Assessment
The course forms a large part of the regulation and provides staff with the information they need to make significant strides towards compliance.
Get your service up-to-date and ready and avoid the risks associated with data breaches. The course is available here: https://www.canavanbyrne.ie/training/detail/introduction-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr
Share this article
