Date: 24th October 2018
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Location:
Law Society Of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EX, United Kingdom
CPD Hours: 5hours 30minutes
This one-day course will examine the provisions, challenges and ways to be compliant under the new data protection regime following the implementation of major new legislation in 2018.
Organisations handling data now face the dual provisions of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), implemented in May 2018.
The DPA is a complex act, which, among other things, deals with those parts of the GDPR which ‘are to be determined by Member State law’ and various exemptions.
So what are the main compliance challenges?
This one-day course will outline the main provisions of the DPA, GDPR and data issues of particular pertinence to the legal profession, including client files (retention and storage, sharing, subject access requests), personal data breach reporting and the Law Society of Scotland’s Guide to GDPR.
And if you are a solicitor member, find out more about becoming an accredited specialist in Freedom of Information and Data Protection
By attending, delegates will gain an improved understanding of:
- The key points of the Data Protection Act 2018 with significance for solicitors
- How data protection legislation impacts on handling of clients files (retention and storage, sharing, subject access requests)
- The Law Society of Scotland’s Guide to GDPR
- How and when personal data breaches need to be reported
- Recent developments in data protection, including: ICO guidance, Brexit and more
For many years Tim Musson was a lecturer in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. In 2009 he graduated with a Master of Laws degree from the University of Strathclyde and left to set up his business, Computer Law Training. Tim focuses on training in data protection and information security, support for data protection compliance and information security and offering an outsourced data protection officer service. He is currently Convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s Privacy Law Committee, where he has contributed to consultations on the new EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Investigatory Powers Act. He is also a member of the Technology Law and Practice Committee.
