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Fundamental Principles of Personal Data Processing

  • National and international legal sources.
  • Scope of application for personal data protection laws.
  • Powers of the data protection authority.
  • Judicial protection of the right to personal data protection.
  • GDPR essentials: key definitions and selected topics.
  • Sector-specific GDPR provisions.
  • Definition of personal data.
  • Processing of personal data.
  • Legal bases for processing personal data.
  • Responsibilities of the Data Controller.
  • Rights of data subjects.
  • Administrative fines.
  • Personal Data Protection Act of 10 May 2018 – regulatory scope.
  • Appointing a Data Protection Officer.
  • Procedures for violations of personal data protection laws.
  • Monitoring compliance with personal data protection regulations.
  • Civil, criminal, and administrative liability.
  • Conditions for the lawful processing of personal data (standard and sensitive data).
  • Legal requirements for outsourcing personal data processing to third parties.
  • Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).
  • Data protection by design and by default.
  • Legal bases for transferring personal data to third countries.
  • Protecting personal data within employment relationships.

Appointment of a Data Protection Officer

  • Mandatory appointment requirements.
  • Optional appointment scenarios.

Eligibility for Data Protection Officer Role

  • Qualifications required to serve as the officer.
  • Employment arrangements for the officer.

Status of the Data Protection Officer

  • Direct reporting lines to senior management.
  • Ensuring adequate support for the officer.
  • The officer's involvement in all matters related to personal data protection.
  • Prohibition on issuing instructions regarding how duties should be performed.
  • Preventing conflicts of interest within the organization.
  • Prohibition on dismissal or penalizing the officer.
  • The obligation to maintain confidentiality of tasks performed.

Information Security Management

  • Reviewing the organization's security management system based on Polish standards.
  • Identifying privacy risks and their legal consequences.
  • Principles of risk assessment and evaluating the effectiveness of safety solutions.
  • Applying a risk-based approach – practical completion of Risk Analysis templates.
  • Managing the personal data lifecycle.

Executing Data Protection Officer (DPO) Duties

  • Legal basis for DPO appointment.
  • Who must appoint a DPO, when, and the method of appointment.
  • DPO status and necessary qualifications.
  • DPO responsibilities and planning protocols.
  • Reporting on compliance with personal data protection provisions in traditional and IT systems.
  • Documenting DPO activities.
  • Preparing audit reports.
  • Supervising the documentation of personal data processing.
  • Powers of the Office for Personal Data Protection (UODO) regarding DPOs.

Practical Guidance on Inspections by the Office for Personal Data Protection

  • Requirements for auditees.
  • Preparation for inspections.
  • Case study analysis.

Practical Exercises

  • Developing an exemplary Information Security Policy.
  • Drafting management instructions.
  • Creating a Register of Processing Activities.
  • Preparing essential personal data protection documentation.
  • Case study exercises.
  • Identifying common documentation errors.

Additional Materials for Participants:

Useful Forms and Templates:

  • Consent for image use and dissemination.
  • Event newsletter subscription form.
  • Consent to receive offers.
  • Offer email templates.
  • General email templates.
  • Example personal data protection policy.
  • Template for information obligations under GDPR, including instructions.
  • Risk analysis template.
  • Register of personal data processing activities – template.
  • Register of processing activity categories – template.
  • GDPR Breach Register – Template.
  • GDPR Compliance Checklist Template.
  • Procedure for handling personal data protection breaches.
  • Data Protection Breach Report Template.
  • Register of security incidents and corrective/preventive actions.
  • Register of corrigenda.
  • Register of restorations.
  • Model corrigendum.
  • Restoration pattern template.
  • Model objection form.
  • Model contract for excluding further personal data processing.
  • Sample consents for competitions, marketing, and publications.
  • Information obligation for ferry crossings.
  • Information obligation for meeting monitoring.
  • Information obligation for recruitment.
  • Information obligation for the National Revenue Administration.
  • Information obligation for LES.
  • Public Procurement Law (UCoC) information obligation.
  • Information obligation under the Labour Code.
  • Tax information obligation.
  • Authorization template for employee personal data processing (with example).
  • Notification of breach to data subjects – template.
  • Personal Data Processing Agreement for the Controller – template.
  • Personal Data Processing Agreement for the Processor.
  • And many more.

Requirements

Target Audience

  • Individuals who have recently begun serving as a Data Protection Officer.
  • Professionals who are anticipated to be appointed to this position in the future.
 21 Hours

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