Programme
PART I - JUMP START: Privacy Fundamentals
Monday
- GDPR - From data management to responsible use of date
- Key data protection concepts, principles and obligations
- Grounds for processing, including legitimate interest and consent
- Processing sensitive personal data
- The rights of data subjects and how to handle them
PART II – Setting up and implementing a GDPR compliance framework in practice
Tuesday: Essential GDPR principles and requirements
- Actors, roles and responsibilities: Controller and processor
- The role of the DPO and the interaction with the rest of the organisation
- Supervisory authority and cooperation with the DPAs
Data Protection Impact Assessment
Data protection by design and default
Wednesday: Data Transfers
- Data transfers vis-a-vis other rules
- Data transfers regulatory framework
- Transfer personal data safely
- International agreements
- Adequacy decisions
- Standard Contractual Clauses
- Appropriate safeguards
- Derogations and exceptions, including data subject consent
Thursday: Getting technical
- Data security management under the GDPR
- Security incidents
- Technical and organisational measures
- Data privacy breach management, notifications and communication
- Data breach management in practice
Friday: Demonstrating compliance
- European Case Law on Privacy and Data Protection
- Setting up policies and procedures
- Re-cap of the week
- Q&A

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20-24 March 2023, Maastricht University Campus Brussels
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