The Office for Human Resources Management & Development, in collaboration with the Legal Services, will be offering a training session for UM staff on data protection. This training gives an overview of the General Data Protection Regulation and its practice and will also include a question and answer session. This training will be delivered by the UM's Data Protection Officer, Dr Luisa Spiteri Baluci.
Basic Notions of Data Protection and Data Protection Law
Trainer: Dr Luisa Spiteri Baluci - Data Protection Officer & Senior Legal Executive
Target audience: Members of staff working within the University's academic and administrative entities.
Duration of session: 2.5 hours
Delivery method: Classroom-based
Date: Tuesday 20 September 2022
Time: 09:30 - 12:00
Register
NB: Last few places are available so it is highly recommended that interested participants would register at their earliest.
This training can also be offered to specific academic or administrative entities. Officers in charge are encouraged to contact the Office for Human Resources Management & Development by sending an email to schedule a session for their entity.
Session overview
Through this training participants should become more aware of the implementation of data protection requirements and related issues. The training will look at:
- Data protection principles
- Data accountability
- Rights and the ability to deal with access requests
- The role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- EU regulations and local laws.