课程概览
Cut through the complexity of data protection law and gain the practical skills to protect your business.
Data protection law goes far beyond GDPR, with overlapping regulations that, if misunderstood, can lead to fines, reputational damage, or operational disruption.
Led by expert Mark Weston, this intensive training course turns legal complexity into practical guidance.You’ll gain clarity on critical distinctions - like data processing versus data sharing - and understand controller, processor and joint controller responsibilities.
Real-world examples and case studies show how regulatory decisions shape best practice across sectors.
The training course also covers data breach management, including response strategies, reporting obligations and risk mitigation under multiple regulatory frameworks.
There will also be time during the course for you to ask your questions to the trainer ensuring your specific challenges are addressed.
Walk away with actionable knowledge, confidence in compliance decisions, and practical tools to protect your business in today’s complex data environment.
This training course is part of our
Commercial Contracts Training Course collection
which has been designed for the in-house lawyer.
Benefits of attending
By attending this training course you will:
Master
the complex legal framework governing data processing and sharing, and data breaches
Gain
an understanding of controller, processor, and joint controller definitions - including the critical areas where these roles blur and create unexpected liability exposure
Develop
expertise in managing controller-processor relationships and joint controller obligations, including structuring commercial agreements that allocate responsibilities
Get to grips
with comprehensive breach management across multiple regulatory frameworks, from immediate incident response to long-term remediation strategies
Identify
and respond effectively to diverse breach types including hacking, phishing, malware, denial-of-service attacks and cybercrime tool distribution
Navigate
complex reporting requirements ensuring you meet all obligations from ICO notifications to potential criminal reporting under various Acts
territorial and cross-border implications that affect your compliance obligations
your organisation from regulatory fines, reputational damage, operational disruption, and potential criminal liability through proactive compliance strategies
Who should attend?
This training coourse has been designed specifically for:
In-house lawyers
Private practice lawyers
Data protection officers
Compliance managers
Information governance managers and privacy officers
Risk managers
Legal advisers
IT and data management professionals
Board members and business owners
Plus, anyone who uses or possesses personal data.
Presenters firm
Weston Legal
is a leading specialist boutique firm specialising in Commercial law, Technology law, Media law, Intellectual Property law, Data law and Regulatory law and practice.
From its founding, the firm has always committed to provide a fast and efficient service wherever its clients operate.As its business has grown and diversified, it has recognised the strength and importance of the principles held by its people;
putting clients first and operating as one team to realise its goals and share its success.These principles have formed the foundation of its culture and the way its lawyers interact with one another and the firm’s clients.They are what distinguish it and are vital to its future.
To find out more about what Weston Legal can do for you, please contact Mark at westonlegal.ltd or see
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/markwestonlegal
Mark also operates as a leading consultant to Hill Dickinson LLP, a leading and award-winning international law firm with offices in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong.
As a full service law firm, it delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of dispute resolution.
The firm is on the panel of a number of national and international organisations and regularly competes against many of the City firms.In recent months, they have been able to win a number of panel reviews against City firms.
To find out more out what Mark can do for you via Hill Dickinson, please contact him via www.hilldickinson.com
Popular with...
This course has proven particularly popular among our customers in these roles:
Contract Manager
Legal & Contract Manager
Legal Counsel
Senior Corporate Counsel
Definitions of controller, processor and joint controller and where the lines blur
课程大纲
Factors the regulator considers that go into the definitions of each in difficult cases
ICO guidance and examples
EDPB flowcharts and guidance
Controller obligations, processor obligations and splitting controller obligations between joint controllers
Application of controller to processor clauses and commercial considerations
Managing data breaches: outline of applicable laws
Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR
The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR)
Communications Act 2003
The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (NIS Regulations)
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Official Secrets Act 1989
Governance obligations
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
Trade Marks Act 1994 and Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 may also apply alongside the Fraud Act 2006 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
The Malicious Communications Act 1988
Understanding the different data breach types
Hacking
Unsolicited penetration testing
Denial-of-service attacks
Malware infections
Phishing
Distribution, sale or offering for sale (or possession or use) of hardware, software or other tools used to commit cybercrime
Identity theft and identity fraud
Criminal issues
Civil issues
Territorial issues to consider
Reporting requirements under the different applicable laws