UK GDPR and DUAA: 2025 - Advanced

Regulatory compliance - Data protection
What you need to run the data protection programme

This course gives DPOs, data protection leads, HR leads, and senior managers the practical grounding to run an organisation's data protection programme under the UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

You'll learn how to build and evidence an accountability programme, work through lawful basis and special category conditions, govern automated decisions and AI, run DPIAs for high-risk processing, manage breach liability and ICO enforcement, and handle international transfers after the reforms. By the end, you'll be able to stand up the documentation, decisions, and controls that show your organisation meets its obligations.

Access

Self-Paced Learning

Modules

10 Modules

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Price

€450
Learning Objectives
Course Benefits
Modules
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Build and evidence an accountability programme that meets the UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
  • Choose and document the right lawful basis and special category condition for each processing activity
  • Govern automated decision-making and AI in line with the UK GDPR and the DUAA 2025
  • Run a DPIA for high-risk processing and decide when prior consultation with the ICO is needed
  • Manage breach liability and respond to ICO enforcement, including the records to keep
  • Handle international transfers after the reforms and know where to find trusted ICO guidance
Benefits for the Organisation

• Stand up a defensible accountability programme that evidences compliance to the ICO and to clients
• Reduce the risk of fines, complaints, and ICO enforcement through documented lawful-basis and DPIA decisions
• Evidence senior-level data protection training, with assessment results and certificates
• Govern automated decisions, AI, and international transfers with consistent, written controls
• Give DPOs and senior managers a repeatable framework for running the programme under the new rules

Benefits for Learners

• Build and run an accountability programme under the UK GDPR and the DUAA 2025
• Make and document lawful-basis, special-category, and DPIA decisions with confidence
• Govern automated decision-making and AI, and manage international transfers after the reforms
• Manage breach liability and respond to ICO enforcement without delay
• Pass the assessment knowing every answer reflects how data protection works in practice

Lesson 1: Welcome and how this works
Get oriented to the course and to UK data protection, see how the course works, and acknowledge the disclaimer before you begin.

Lesson 2: Building the accountability programme
Set up the records, policies, and governance that make your data protection programme accountable and auditable under the UK GDPR and the DUAA 2025.

Lesson 3: Lawful basis and special category data
Work through the lawful bases and special category conditions, and document the right basis for each processing activity.

Lesson 4: Automated decisions and AI
Govern automated decision-making and AI: when it is allowed, what safeguards are required, and how to explain decisions to the people affected.

Lesson 5: DPIAs and high-risk processing
Run a data protection impact assessment for high-risk processing, and decide when prior consultation with the ICO is needed.

Lesson 6: Breach, liability and ICO enforcement
Manage personal data breaches end to end, understand liability, and respond to ICO enforcement, including the records to keep.

Lesson 7: International transfers after the reforms
Handle international transfers after the reforms: the routes available, the safeguards required, and how to document each transfer.

Lesson 8: Resources and further reading
Build your reference shelf: the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and trusted ICO guidance to return to.

Lesson 9: Final assessment
Ten multiple-choice questions covering the whole course, with an 80% pass mark and two attempts, each question tied to a course outcome.

Lesson 10: Conclusion - feedback and certificate
Share your feedback on the course and claim your certificate of completion.

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Course FAQ's

Who is this course for?

DPOs, data protection leads, HR leads, and senior managers who run the data protection programme across England, Wales, and Scotland. It suits anyone accountable for compliance, DPIAs, and ICO engagement, and works as the Advanced step after the Foundation and Intermediate courses.

A working knowledge of UK data protection is assumed; the Foundation and Intermediate courses are a useful starting point.

Where and when can I take this course?

The course can be taken at any time and from any internet-connected device.

Do I need prior knowledge or experience?

This is an advanced-level course for people who already work with data protection. It assumes a working knowledge of the UK GDPR and builds the skills to run the programme: accountability, DPIAs, automated decisions, breach liability, and international transfers.

Can this course be used for company-wide training?

It is aimed at the people who run data protection - DPOs, data protection leads, HR leads, and senior managers - rather than the whole workforce. For organisation-wide training, start with the Foundation course.

Do I get a discount if I buy multiple seats for this course?

Yes. Please contact us and we will issue a quote according to your needs.

Will managers be able to track progress and completion?

Yes. Branch managers and administrators can track learner progress, completion rates, and assessment performance across the course.

This gives clear visibility on engagement and outcomes, making it easier to monitor participation, support staff where needed, and evidence completed data protection training to auditors and the ICO.

Is this course part of a larger data protection programme?

Yes. This is Course 3 of the Auren UK GDPR and DUAA 2025 bundle - the Advanced course, for the DPOs, HR leads, and senior managers who run the data protection programme. It follows Course 1 (Foundation) and Course 2 (Intermediate).

All three courses in the bundle can be taken as stand-alone courses.