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September 7, 2020
Launching CPD accredited GDPR training for accounting professionals
September 25, 2020
Launching CPD accredited GDPR training for IFAs
In response to demand for our popular suite of training courses, we are very pleased to launch data protection and GDPR training for financial advisers and paraplanners.
The online training course ‘data protection for financial advisers and paraplanners’ is offered on Astrid’s learning platform. Available to any IFA, the course has been reviewed and is recommended by our partner Compliance and Training Solutions Ltd (CATS).Financial advisers and paraplanners’ GDPR training content
The course is comprised of bite-sized videos, templates and tests covering both general data protection and IFA specific content including:- An introduction to GDPR
- Your responsibilities when handling personal information
- The lifecycle of personal information
- Breaches of personal data
- Good practice when handling personal information
- Threats to security: hackers and phishing attacks
- Sharing personal information with others
- Subject information requests
- Data protection issues for financial advisers and paraplanners
- Everything you need to have set up to comply with GDPR
Those that work through all the elements and complete the course are issued with a certificate which provides the evidence needed to validate CPD. CATS clients can access the course for the members’ price of £24.99 but with a standard price of only £39.99, the course is affordable for all financial advisers and paraplanners. CATS clients will need to obtain the discount code from CATS.
The majority of data problems arise from human error. In 2019, eight out of every ten data incidents reported to the ICO were caused by simple human error (rather than a computer hacker attack). The regulator dislikes problems that happen but could have been prevented with basic knowledge and simple training!
Why is GDPR training important?
The ICO expects everyone who handles personal information to receive data protection training and have a basic understanding of their, and the organisation’s, responsibilities. The ICO also want to see that the organisation has a record of this.The majority of data problems arise from human error. In 2019, eight out of every ten data incidents reported to the ICO were caused by simple human error (rather than a computer hacker attack). The regulator dislikes problems that happen but could have been prevented with basic knowledge and simple training!
