The Data Privacy and Security Solutions Handbook
You're under pressure. Tight budgets, rising cyber threats, and tightening global regulations mean one misstep could cost your organisation millions - and your reputation. You need to act now, but you're not sure where to start, what to prioritise, or how to justify the investment to leadership. Every day you delay increases your risk exposure. Data breaches are no longer rare events - they're inevitable for unprepared teams. Compliance failures trigger penalties, brand erosion, and loss of customer trust. But the opposite is also true: organisations that proactively master privacy and security gain a powerful competitive edge, investor confidence, and long-term resilience. That’s why The Data Privacy and Security Solutions Handbook exists. This is not a theoretical overview or a compliance checklist. It’s a battle-tested, implementation-ready framework that takes you from confusion to clarity in under 30 days - with a fully scoped action plan you can present to stakeholders, legal teams, and the board. One enterprise security lead used this methodology to reduce her company’s compliance exposure by 74% in six weeks and secure a $1.2 million budget increase for privacy infrastructure. She didn’t have a legal background - she had this handbook and the right tools at the right time. This course turns uncertainty into authority. You’ll walk away with a documented risk assessment, a prioritised mitigation roadmap, and a board-ready proposal that aligns technical controls with business outcomes. No jargon. No filler. Just real-world tools that work. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced, On-Demand, and Always Accessible
The Data Privacy and Security Solutions Handbook is a self-paced digital experience with immediate online access upon enrolment. You are in full control - there are no fixed dates, no mandatory attendance, and no time zones to worry about. Whether you're working from Singapore, Frankfurt, or New York, your progress is saved 24/7. Most professionals complete the core content in 21 to 30 days while applying each module directly to their current environment. But you can go faster or slower - the pace is entirely yours. Lifetime Access & Continuously Updated Content
You’re not just buying a course - you’re gaining ongoing access to a living resource. All materials are updated regularly to reflect new regulations, emerging threats, and evolving best practices. These updates are included at no extra cost. Your investment compounds over time. Access is fully mobile-friendly, so you can study during commutes, breaks, or after hours - from your phone, tablet, or desktop. No downloads. No software. Just secure, browser-based learning backed by progress tracking to keep you focused and moving forward. Dedicated Support & Expert Guidance
While this is a self-directed course, you are not alone. Each enrolment includes direct access to instructor support for content clarification, implementation questions, and scenario-based guidance. Responses are delivered within one business day, ensuring you stay on track without delays. Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the curriculum and submitting your final action plan, you will receive a professionally issued Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service - a globally recognised authority in enterprise frameworks and compliance education. This credential verifies your mastery of data privacy and security design, and is shareable on LinkedIn, resumes, and performance reviews. Transparent, Upfront Pricing - No Hidden Fees
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We stand behind the quality and impact of this course with a full money-back guarantee. If you complete the first three modules and don’t believe the content delivers immediate value, email our support team for a prompt, no-questions-asked refund. Your risk is completely reversed. What Happens After You Enrol?
Immediately after payment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your secure access details and course portal login will be delivered separately once your learner profile is finalised - ensuring a smooth onboarding experience. “Will This Work For Me?” - Yes, Even If:
You work in a heavily regulated industry like finance, healthcare, or government. You're not a data protection officer but need to lead on privacy initiatives. Your organisation lacks dedicated legal or compliance staff. You’re new to governance frameworks but must deliver results now. - This works even if you have no formal training in cybersecurity or data law.
- This works even if your company hasn’t experienced a breach - yet.
- This works even if you're not in a leadership role but want to lead change.
From mid-level IT managers to compliance officers, project leads, and consultants, professionals across 68 countries have applied this methodology successfully - regardless of prior experience or organisational size. One policy manager in a European healthcare network used the risk-scoring framework to identify a critical GDPR gap before audit season, preventing an estimated €920,000 in fines. She had only eight hours a week to dedicate to the course - and still delivered measurable ROI. Safety, clarity, and real outcomes - that’s the promise of The Art of Service.
Module 1: Foundations of Data Privacy and Security - Understanding the modern data threat landscape
- Key differences between privacy, security, and compliance
- Defining personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data
- Global regulatory frameworks: GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PIPEDA, LGPD
- The role of data sovereignty and cross-border transfers
- Common causes of data breaches and compliance failures
- The financial, legal, and reputational cost of inaction
- Establishing your personal and organisational risk baseline
- Mapping data lifecycle stages: collection to deletion
- Introduction to risk-based privacy management
Module 2: Core Regulatory Frameworks and Legal Obligations - Detailed breakdown of GDPR requirements and territorial scope
- CCPA and CPRA: Consumer rights and business obligations
- HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules
- POPIA compliance for African operations
- YDPA and PDPA in the Asia-Pacific region
- Brazil’s LGPD and adequacy status
- China’s PIPL and data localisation rules
- India’s DPDP Act: key compliance measures
- Understanding 'privacy by design' and 'default'
- DPO appointment criteria and responsibilities
- Legal basis for processing: consent vs legitimate interest
- Data subject access request (DSAR) handling procedures
- The right to erasure and automated decision-making
- Cross-jurisdictional compliance conflicts and solutions
- Regulatory enforcement trends and penalty calculations
Module 3: Risk Assessment and Data Inventory - Conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Identifying high-risk processing activities
- Creating a comprehensive data inventory
- Classifying data by sensitivity and regulatory coverage
- Mapping data flows across departments and systems
- Third-party vendor data sharing audits
- Using risk matrices to prioritise vulnerabilities
- Scoring methods for likelihood and impact
- Documenting risk ownership and accountability
- Audit trail requirements for compliance proof
- Automated tools for discovery and classification
- Shadow data and unauthorised storage detection
- Legacy system data exposure analysis
- Cloud storage compliance risk mapping
- Employee data handling risk assessment
Module 4: Data Governance and Accountability Frameworks - Principles of accountability under GDPR and other laws
- Establishing a data governance committee
- Defining roles: data controller, processor, joint controller
- Data stewardship and ownership models
- Creating a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) template
- Vendor due diligence and onboarding checklists
- Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPA)
- Internal reporting lines for data incidents
- Board-level oversight and reporting frequency
- Aligning data governance with corporate strategy
- Integrating privacy into enterprise architecture
- Policy version control and dissemination tracking
- Establishing data retention and deletion schedules
- Audit preparedness and inspection readiness
- Using governance frameworks like COBIT and ISO/IEC 38500
Module 5: Technical Security Controls and Data Protection - Encryption at rest and in transit: best practices
- Implementing end-to-end encryption for messaging
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Secure key management and rotation policies
- Access control models: RBAC, ABAC, and MAC
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) rollout strategies
- Privileged access management (PAM) setup
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Secure configuration of databases and cloud storage
- Network segmentation and zero-trust principles
- Email and file transfer security protocols
- Secure API design and data exposure prevention
- Data loss prevention (DLP) tool configuration
- Web application firewall (WAF) rules for data protection
- Secure development lifecycle (SDL) integration
Module 6: Organisational and Administrative Safeguards - Employee privacy training development and rollout
- Phishing simulation and social engineering testing
- Acceptable use policy (AUP) creation
- Remote work and BYOD policy enforcement
- Secure print and physical media handling
- Incident response team (IRT) formation and roles
- Clear desk and screen locking policies
- Visitor access control and logging
- Background checks for sensitive roles
- Confidentiality agreements and NDAs
- Change management procedures for data systems
- Business continuity and data availability planning
- Secure data disposal methods and verification
- Insurance coverage for cyber incidents
- Vendor offboarding and data removal checks
Module 7: Incident Response and Breach Management - Defining a data breach under major regulations
- Breach detection methods and monitoring tools
- Immediate containment actions and isolation steps
- Legal requirements for breach notification timelines
- Drafting internal and external breach notifications
- Regulatory reporting to authorities (e.g., ICO, CCPA AG)
- Communicating with affected individuals
- Public relations and media response templates
- Forensic investigation coordination
- Evidence preservation and chain of custody
- Post-incident root cause analysis (RCA)
- Corrective action planning and validation
- Regulatory inquiry preparation and response
- Updating policies and controls after a breach
- Psychological safety and team support post-event
Module 8: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - Using differential privacy in analytics
- Federated learning for distributed data analysis
- Homomorphic encryption for secure computation
- Secure multi-party computation (SMPC) applications
- Synthetic data generation for testing and dev
- Privacy-preserving identity verification
- Zero-knowledge proofs in access control
- Anonymous tracking and consent management
- Browser-based privacy tools integration
- Decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and self-sovereign identity
- Cookieless tracking alternatives
- On-device data processing advantages
- Selecting PETs based on use case and scalability
- Evaluating vendor solutions for PET integration
- Measuring PET effectiveness and user trust impact
Module 9: Consent and Preference Management - Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Understanding the modern data threat landscape
- Key differences between privacy, security, and compliance
- Defining personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data
- Global regulatory frameworks: GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PIPEDA, LGPD
- The role of data sovereignty and cross-border transfers
- Common causes of data breaches and compliance failures
- The financial, legal, and reputational cost of inaction
- Establishing your personal and organisational risk baseline
- Mapping data lifecycle stages: collection to deletion
- Introduction to risk-based privacy management
Module 2: Core Regulatory Frameworks and Legal Obligations - Detailed breakdown of GDPR requirements and territorial scope
- CCPA and CPRA: Consumer rights and business obligations
- HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules
- POPIA compliance for African operations
- YDPA and PDPA in the Asia-Pacific region
- Brazil’s LGPD and adequacy status
- China’s PIPL and data localisation rules
- India’s DPDP Act: key compliance measures
- Understanding 'privacy by design' and 'default'
- DPO appointment criteria and responsibilities
- Legal basis for processing: consent vs legitimate interest
- Data subject access request (DSAR) handling procedures
- The right to erasure and automated decision-making
- Cross-jurisdictional compliance conflicts and solutions
- Regulatory enforcement trends and penalty calculations
Module 3: Risk Assessment and Data Inventory - Conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Identifying high-risk processing activities
- Creating a comprehensive data inventory
- Classifying data by sensitivity and regulatory coverage
- Mapping data flows across departments and systems
- Third-party vendor data sharing audits
- Using risk matrices to prioritise vulnerabilities
- Scoring methods for likelihood and impact
- Documenting risk ownership and accountability
- Audit trail requirements for compliance proof
- Automated tools for discovery and classification
- Shadow data and unauthorised storage detection
- Legacy system data exposure analysis
- Cloud storage compliance risk mapping
- Employee data handling risk assessment
Module 4: Data Governance and Accountability Frameworks - Principles of accountability under GDPR and other laws
- Establishing a data governance committee
- Defining roles: data controller, processor, joint controller
- Data stewardship and ownership models
- Creating a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) template
- Vendor due diligence and onboarding checklists
- Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPA)
- Internal reporting lines for data incidents
- Board-level oversight and reporting frequency
- Aligning data governance with corporate strategy
- Integrating privacy into enterprise architecture
- Policy version control and dissemination tracking
- Establishing data retention and deletion schedules
- Audit preparedness and inspection readiness
- Using governance frameworks like COBIT and ISO/IEC 38500
Module 5: Technical Security Controls and Data Protection - Encryption at rest and in transit: best practices
- Implementing end-to-end encryption for messaging
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Secure key management and rotation policies
- Access control models: RBAC, ABAC, and MAC
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) rollout strategies
- Privileged access management (PAM) setup
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Secure configuration of databases and cloud storage
- Network segmentation and zero-trust principles
- Email and file transfer security protocols
- Secure API design and data exposure prevention
- Data loss prevention (DLP) tool configuration
- Web application firewall (WAF) rules for data protection
- Secure development lifecycle (SDL) integration
Module 6: Organisational and Administrative Safeguards - Employee privacy training development and rollout
- Phishing simulation and social engineering testing
- Acceptable use policy (AUP) creation
- Remote work and BYOD policy enforcement
- Secure print and physical media handling
- Incident response team (IRT) formation and roles
- Clear desk and screen locking policies
- Visitor access control and logging
- Background checks for sensitive roles
- Confidentiality agreements and NDAs
- Change management procedures for data systems
- Business continuity and data availability planning
- Secure data disposal methods and verification
- Insurance coverage for cyber incidents
- Vendor offboarding and data removal checks
Module 7: Incident Response and Breach Management - Defining a data breach under major regulations
- Breach detection methods and monitoring tools
- Immediate containment actions and isolation steps
- Legal requirements for breach notification timelines
- Drafting internal and external breach notifications
- Regulatory reporting to authorities (e.g., ICO, CCPA AG)
- Communicating with affected individuals
- Public relations and media response templates
- Forensic investigation coordination
- Evidence preservation and chain of custody
- Post-incident root cause analysis (RCA)
- Corrective action planning and validation
- Regulatory inquiry preparation and response
- Updating policies and controls after a breach
- Psychological safety and team support post-event
Module 8: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - Using differential privacy in analytics
- Federated learning for distributed data analysis
- Homomorphic encryption for secure computation
- Secure multi-party computation (SMPC) applications
- Synthetic data generation for testing and dev
- Privacy-preserving identity verification
- Zero-knowledge proofs in access control
- Anonymous tracking and consent management
- Browser-based privacy tools integration
- Decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and self-sovereign identity
- Cookieless tracking alternatives
- On-device data processing advantages
- Selecting PETs based on use case and scalability
- Evaluating vendor solutions for PET integration
- Measuring PET effectiveness and user trust impact
Module 9: Consent and Preference Management - Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Identifying high-risk processing activities
- Creating a comprehensive data inventory
- Classifying data by sensitivity and regulatory coverage
- Mapping data flows across departments and systems
- Third-party vendor data sharing audits
- Using risk matrices to prioritise vulnerabilities
- Scoring methods for likelihood and impact
- Documenting risk ownership and accountability
- Audit trail requirements for compliance proof
- Automated tools for discovery and classification
- Shadow data and unauthorised storage detection
- Legacy system data exposure analysis
- Cloud storage compliance risk mapping
- Employee data handling risk assessment
Module 4: Data Governance and Accountability Frameworks - Principles of accountability under GDPR and other laws
- Establishing a data governance committee
- Defining roles: data controller, processor, joint controller
- Data stewardship and ownership models
- Creating a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) template
- Vendor due diligence and onboarding checklists
- Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPA)
- Internal reporting lines for data incidents
- Board-level oversight and reporting frequency
- Aligning data governance with corporate strategy
- Integrating privacy into enterprise architecture
- Policy version control and dissemination tracking
- Establishing data retention and deletion schedules
- Audit preparedness and inspection readiness
- Using governance frameworks like COBIT and ISO/IEC 38500
Module 5: Technical Security Controls and Data Protection - Encryption at rest and in transit: best practices
- Implementing end-to-end encryption for messaging
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Secure key management and rotation policies
- Access control models: RBAC, ABAC, and MAC
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) rollout strategies
- Privileged access management (PAM) setup
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Secure configuration of databases and cloud storage
- Network segmentation and zero-trust principles
- Email and file transfer security protocols
- Secure API design and data exposure prevention
- Data loss prevention (DLP) tool configuration
- Web application firewall (WAF) rules for data protection
- Secure development lifecycle (SDL) integration
Module 6: Organisational and Administrative Safeguards - Employee privacy training development and rollout
- Phishing simulation and social engineering testing
- Acceptable use policy (AUP) creation
- Remote work and BYOD policy enforcement
- Secure print and physical media handling
- Incident response team (IRT) formation and roles
- Clear desk and screen locking policies
- Visitor access control and logging
- Background checks for sensitive roles
- Confidentiality agreements and NDAs
- Change management procedures for data systems
- Business continuity and data availability planning
- Secure data disposal methods and verification
- Insurance coverage for cyber incidents
- Vendor offboarding and data removal checks
Module 7: Incident Response and Breach Management - Defining a data breach under major regulations
- Breach detection methods and monitoring tools
- Immediate containment actions and isolation steps
- Legal requirements for breach notification timelines
- Drafting internal and external breach notifications
- Regulatory reporting to authorities (e.g., ICO, CCPA AG)
- Communicating with affected individuals
- Public relations and media response templates
- Forensic investigation coordination
- Evidence preservation and chain of custody
- Post-incident root cause analysis (RCA)
- Corrective action planning and validation
- Regulatory inquiry preparation and response
- Updating policies and controls after a breach
- Psychological safety and team support post-event
Module 8: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - Using differential privacy in analytics
- Federated learning for distributed data analysis
- Homomorphic encryption for secure computation
- Secure multi-party computation (SMPC) applications
- Synthetic data generation for testing and dev
- Privacy-preserving identity verification
- Zero-knowledge proofs in access control
- Anonymous tracking and consent management
- Browser-based privacy tools integration
- Decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and self-sovereign identity
- Cookieless tracking alternatives
- On-device data processing advantages
- Selecting PETs based on use case and scalability
- Evaluating vendor solutions for PET integration
- Measuring PET effectiveness and user trust impact
Module 9: Consent and Preference Management - Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Encryption at rest and in transit: best practices
- Implementing end-to-end encryption for messaging
- Tokenisation and data masking techniques
- Secure key management and rotation policies
- Access control models: RBAC, ABAC, and MAC
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) rollout strategies
- Privileged access management (PAM) setup
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR) integration
- Secure configuration of databases and cloud storage
- Network segmentation and zero-trust principles
- Email and file transfer security protocols
- Secure API design and data exposure prevention
- Data loss prevention (DLP) tool configuration
- Web application firewall (WAF) rules for data protection
- Secure development lifecycle (SDL) integration
Module 6: Organisational and Administrative Safeguards - Employee privacy training development and rollout
- Phishing simulation and social engineering testing
- Acceptable use policy (AUP) creation
- Remote work and BYOD policy enforcement
- Secure print and physical media handling
- Incident response team (IRT) formation and roles
- Clear desk and screen locking policies
- Visitor access control and logging
- Background checks for sensitive roles
- Confidentiality agreements and NDAs
- Change management procedures for data systems
- Business continuity and data availability planning
- Secure data disposal methods and verification
- Insurance coverage for cyber incidents
- Vendor offboarding and data removal checks
Module 7: Incident Response and Breach Management - Defining a data breach under major regulations
- Breach detection methods and monitoring tools
- Immediate containment actions and isolation steps
- Legal requirements for breach notification timelines
- Drafting internal and external breach notifications
- Regulatory reporting to authorities (e.g., ICO, CCPA AG)
- Communicating with affected individuals
- Public relations and media response templates
- Forensic investigation coordination
- Evidence preservation and chain of custody
- Post-incident root cause analysis (RCA)
- Corrective action planning and validation
- Regulatory inquiry preparation and response
- Updating policies and controls after a breach
- Psychological safety and team support post-event
Module 8: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - Using differential privacy in analytics
- Federated learning for distributed data analysis
- Homomorphic encryption for secure computation
- Secure multi-party computation (SMPC) applications
- Synthetic data generation for testing and dev
- Privacy-preserving identity verification
- Zero-knowledge proofs in access control
- Anonymous tracking and consent management
- Browser-based privacy tools integration
- Decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and self-sovereign identity
- Cookieless tracking alternatives
- On-device data processing advantages
- Selecting PETs based on use case and scalability
- Evaluating vendor solutions for PET integration
- Measuring PET effectiveness and user trust impact
Module 9: Consent and Preference Management - Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Defining a data breach under major regulations
- Breach detection methods and monitoring tools
- Immediate containment actions and isolation steps
- Legal requirements for breach notification timelines
- Drafting internal and external breach notifications
- Regulatory reporting to authorities (e.g., ICO, CCPA AG)
- Communicating with affected individuals
- Public relations and media response templates
- Forensic investigation coordination
- Evidence preservation and chain of custody
- Post-incident root cause analysis (RCA)
- Corrective action planning and validation
- Regulatory inquiry preparation and response
- Updating policies and controls after a breach
- Psychological safety and team support post-event
Module 8: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - Using differential privacy in analytics
- Federated learning for distributed data analysis
- Homomorphic encryption for secure computation
- Secure multi-party computation (SMPC) applications
- Synthetic data generation for testing and dev
- Privacy-preserving identity verification
- Zero-knowledge proofs in access control
- Anonymous tracking and consent management
- Browser-based privacy tools integration
- Decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and self-sovereign identity
- Cookieless tracking alternatives
- On-device data processing advantages
- Selecting PETs based on use case and scalability
- Evaluating vendor solutions for PET integration
- Measuring PET effectiveness and user trust impact
Module 9: Consent and Preference Management - Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Designing GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms
- Granular opt-in and opt-out controls
- Consent as a service (CaaS) platform evaluation
- Preference centre design and usability testing
- Handling implied vs explicit consent
- Consent logging and auditability requirements
- Revocation mechanisms and backend processing
- Age verification and parental consent workflows
- Cookie banner compliance with IAB standards
- Third-party consent propagation and tracking
- Consent lifespan and renewal strategies
- Integrating consent signals across CRM and marketing
- Handling consent in B2B versus B2C environments
- Merge conflicts with legacy opt-in data
- Dark patterns and regulatory red flags
Module 10: Data Subject Rights Fulfilment - Operationalising DSAR intake and tracking
- Automated DSAR processing workflows
- Verification of requester identity and authority
- Locating all relevant data sources within 30 days
- Redaction techniques for third-party data
- Secure delivery methods for data disclosures
- Exemption criteria and legal defences
- Charges for excessive or repetitive requests
- API-based DSAR integrations with cloud platforms
- Volume handling during data rights campaigns
- DSAR metrics and reporting for compliance audits
- Handling joint data subject requests (e.g., family accounts)
- Internal escalation paths for complex requests
- DSAR templates for different request types
- Post-fulfilment confirmation and record keeping
Module 11: Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management - Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Classifying third parties by data risk level
- Conducting vendor security assessments (VSAs)
- Reviewing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other reports
- Managing sub-processors and fourth parties
- Cloud provider responsibility matrix (CSPM)
- Contractual clauses for international transfers (SCCs)
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for multinationals
- Onsite audits and remote security reviews
- Continuous monitoring of vendor compliance
- Exit strategies and data retrieval obligations
- Insurance requirements for high-risk vendors
- Penalties for vendor non-compliance
- Unified vendor risk dashboard creation
- Automated alerting for vendor policy changes
- Managing open-source component risks
Module 12: Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms - Understanding adequacy decisions and covered countries
- Implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 2021
- Supplementary measures for Schrems II compliance
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) development and approval
- Codes of conduct and certification mechanisms
- Data localisation requirements by country
- Model-based vs risk-based transfer assessments
- Conducting transfer impact assessments (TIAs)
- Documentation requirements for regulators
- Encryption as a supplementary safeguard
- Onshore processing alternatives
- Vendor contractual obligations for restricted regions
- Transfer compliance in mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring changes in adequacy status
- Emergency suspension protocols for high-risk countries
Module 13: Privacy by Design and Default Implementation - Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Integrating PbD into software development life cycle
- Data minimisation strategies in product design
- Default privacy settings for new users
- Automated data deletion at end-of-life
- Privacy impact in UI/UX decisions
- Privacy threat modelling during design sprints
- Security coding standards for developers
- Privacy-friendly analytics alternatives
- Default consent settings and user control
- Anonymous usage metrics collection
- Testing for unintended data leakage
- Privacy review gates in project pipelines
- Documenting design decisions for regulators
- Evaluating new features through a privacy lens
- Training product teams on privacy principles
Module 14: Data Retention, Deletion, and Archiving - Developing a data retention policy framework
- Legal and operational requirements by data type
- Automated retention period tagging
- Scheduled deletion workflows and approvals
- Secure deletion verification methods
- Archiving vs retention: compliance distinctions
- Legal hold procedures and defensible deletion
- Handling data in backups and snapshots
- Cloud provider deletion service SLAs
- Deactivation vs deletion: user account states
- Right to erasure in distributed systems
- Documentation of deletion activities
- Retention schedule templates by industry
- Exception handling for litigation holds
- Employee offboarding and profile deletion
Module 15: Monitoring, Auditing, and Continuous Improvement - Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement
Module 16: Building Your Board-Ready Data Privacy Action Plan - Translating risks into business impact language
- Aligning privacy initiatives with strategic goals
- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed controls
- Building a business case for investment
- Stakeholder influence mapping
- Executive summary drafting
- Visualising risk reduction over time
- Presenting budget requests and resource needs
- Setting implementation milestones and KPIs
- Incorporating feedback from legal and IT
- Finalising your 90-day implementation roadmap
- Attaching supporting evidence and appendices
- Practising stakeholder Q&A
- Submitting your plan for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Designing a compliance monitoring framework
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) for privacy
- Compliance dashboards and executive reporting
- Audit preparation checklists and mock drills
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Regulatory inspection simulation exercises
- Gap analysis and corrective action tracking
- Privacy maturity model assessment
- Continuous control validation techniques
- Automated compliance testing tools
- Policy attestation workflows
- Employee compliance obligation tracking
- Updating controls in response to new threats
- Industry benchmarking and peer comparisons
- Privacy programme ROI measurement