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Data protection training

Build the skills to handle personal data responsibly, assess privacy risks and turn guidance into everyday working practices. Start with free self-paced courses or explore hands-on training for your team.

Who this training is for

Privacy and compliance practitioners can develop operational skills in inventories, assessments, individual rights, vendor oversight and incident response. IT, security and product teams can connect those practices to data flows, access controls and AI use.

HR, marketing, sales and support teams can build a stronger foundation for the decisions they make about personal data. Learners new to privacy can begin with fundamentals before progressing to specialist topics.

The material is written for global organisations. Legal requirements depend on your activities, role, users, products, market connections and applicable law; a course is not a legal determination.

Choose a free course

Explore the current published catalogue. Course pages describe their learning objectives, modules and assessment requirements so you can choose a starting point that matches your work.

Intermediate · 5 hours

GDPR Operational Practitioner

Move from GDPR awareness to defensible day-to-day implementation across data use, rights, assessments, vendors, transfers and incident response.

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Intermediate · 4 hours

Global Data Breach Response

Build and rehearse a cross-border personal-data breach process covering containment, harm assessment, notification decisions, communications and defensible evidence.

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Learning, assessment and certificates

Create an account to enrol, work through the lessons and track your progress. Complete every lesson and pass the final assessment to receive a downloadable completion certificate with a public verification code.

Course enrolment and completion certificates are free. They recognise completion of PrivacyBuilt training; they are not professional accreditation, a licence to practise or proof of organisational compliance. Any third-party software access is arranged separately.

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Put the learning to work

Use the Privacy Readiness Assessment to explore gaps in your organisation’s practices, then use templates and checklists to document decisions, ownership and next steps. These resources support implementation; they do not replace a review of your circumstances.

Data protection training for teams

Role-specific privacy and AI training for the teams that handle personal data every day.

  • Role-specific sessions built around real scenarios from your business
  • Live or recorded delivery, with materials you keep
  • Practical AI usage guidance for employees
  • Short knowledge checks and completion tracking
  • Manager briefings for teams with elevated exposure

Self-paced learning is free. Hands-on advisory and team training are paid services: we agree the scope and fee with you before work begins.

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PrivacyBuilt publishes educational and technical guidance. Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice, and it should not be relied on as a legal determination for your organisation.