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Protect your organisation with our GDPR compliance training

Ensure your organisation understands how to handle personal data responsibly. With our comprehensive data protection training package, your employees will learn the principles of GDPR, lawful data processing, and managing special category data.

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The importance of keeping your data governance on track

€1.2 billion

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed a GDPR enforcement fine of €1.2 billion on US tech giant Meta in May 2023.

£750,000

The average UK fine from the ICO in 2024 was £154,000, with the largest being £750,000 against PSNI.

€310 million

The largest GDPR fine of 2024 was issued by the PDC to social media platform LinkedIn, a total of €310 million.

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Avoid hefty fines and maintain customer trust 

Learn the best methods for training data privacy and protection throughout your company. With our flexible approach to learning, you can choose from proven, off-the-shelf courses or customise our training solutions to suit your needs.

Our ready-made data protection training package teaches your team the essentials of data protection, from GDPR principles to communications regulations and personal data breaches. By choosing Skillcast, you’ll gain access to tools to measure learning effectiveness, address learning gaps, and regularly updated courses delivered in various formats. Want a more customisable approach to suit your company’s requirements? Our bespoke course options could be a good fit.

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About our learning styles

In-depth

These are our more detailed e-learning courses that include practice scenarios and typically last between 25 and 45 minutes.

Refresher

These targeted courses help reinforce your employees' knowledge and notify them of any updates they might not be aware of.

Express

Our focused training courses deliver employee learning in smaller chunks, typically lasting between 10 and 15 minutes.

Microlearning

These bite-sized animated training videos can be delivered as: standalone, embedded in detailed e-learning courses, or compiled into a learning path.

The new gamified assessment showed the team that knowledge was retained from year to year, which allowed them to focus their attention on more targeted training. It engaged learners as this was seen internally as a new and positive approach to training, and allowed the team to build better relationships as a result of the two points above.

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Data Protection

Data protection relates to how all organisations collect, use, and store personal and sensitive data.

Data Protection

Data protection relates to how personal and sensitive data is collected, used and stored by all organisations.

Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR)

PECR are new regulations that, along with the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 (in the UK), give consumers specific rights in respect of electronic communications.

Understanding the GDPR

Bring "Understanding the GDPR" online learning to life using animation characters and storylines.

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Personal Data Breaches

Bring "Personal Data Breaches" online training to life using animation characters and storylines.

Data Protection Impact Assessments

Bring "Data Protection Impact Assessments" online training to life using animation characters and storylines.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Data protection relates to how all organisations collect, use, and store personal and sensitive data.

Legitimate Interest Assessments

When relying on legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing personal data, you are taking on additional responsibility for protecting people's rights and interests.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Data protection relates to how personal and sensitive data is collected, used and stored by all organisations.

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Manage your compliance learning with confidence

The Skillcast Portal provides you with the essentials for delivering business-wide compliance training. With the option to enhance your learning with our comprehensive Learning Management System (or use your own), you’ll have the flexibility to put a training plan in place that’s right for you. Tap into ready-made courses or customise existing solutions to suit your unique needs, if required.

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Common data protection course questions

Where can I track incidents involving personal data?

Tools such as a Data Breach Register enable you to log, track, and respond to data breaches and similar incidents efficiently. Skillcast offers this tool, making it easy to document and manage incidents in line with compliance requirements.

How can I ensure that employees formally attest to our internal Data Protection Policy?

Our Policy Hub tool allows you to easily assign policies, track when employees read them, and capture their attestation with a simple digital acknowledgement. The tool also provides automated reminders to employees who haven't yet acknowledged the policy, ensuring full compliance and a clear audit trail.

Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarationssurveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Is our training content still compliant with the latest legislation?

  • You can check the latest course content updates in our library updates page: https://www.skillcast.com/compliance-course-library-updates
  • For major legislative changes, we:
    • Will send you email alerts to ensure you are notified
    • Offer you a free trial of newly created or updated content
    • Host webinars with compliance experts to explain the changes and how our training supports your ongoing compliance

Can you translate our content into other languages?

Yes, we offer translations in a wide range of languages. Let us know your needs, and we’ll confirm availability or work with you to plan translations for your selected modules.

How can I give employees a secure way to record suspicious activity so we can act quickly?

Our Suspicious Activity Register allows staff to log concerns or irregularities they observe, helping you detect potential issues early. The secure register can be reviewed by compliance teams, enabling prompt investigation and action.

What file types are supported by the Skillcast system?

Features

Supported file types and details

File Exchange

File types: PDF, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, SCORM and xAPI files, and compressed zip files. Max file size: Default is 1GB, can be increased to a max of 2GB

SCORM files

Versions: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 1.2 for Moodle, SCORM 2004 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition. Max file size: 1024MB

xAPI file

Max file size: 2GB

Videos

File types: MP4 or MOV. Videos must be optimised, with a max file size of 100MB. If the file is bigger, our Design Team can help

Images

File types: jpg, png and gif. The file size should ideally be 100KB, but it can be up to 250KB

CPD evidence

File types: Word, PDF, Excel and CSV. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Policy documents

PDF or Word File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Offline activities evidence

File types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PPTX and MSG. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Client logo files

File types provided by client: EPS, PDF, AI and SVG

Registers

PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, POT, PPA, PPS, JPG, JPEG, PJEPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP4, MOV, WMV, CPTX, CP, TXT, ZIP and MSG files

Declarations

JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, XLS and XLSX files