Description
This GDPR & UK Data Protection online course is all about adaptive learning. It is a multi-path scenario where the learner sits in the chair under realistic operational pressure, makes choices with evidential consequences, and works through the regulation as it actually appears in the workplace. Scenarios include:
- SAR fulfilment,
- 72 hour breach notification,
- RoPA hygiene,
- International transfers,
- Consent traps, and
- An ICO hearing.
Blend’s approach to eLearning rests on three commitments. First, the learner makes real decisions, not button clicks: every choice routes to a different consequence path with a deterministic ending. Second, content is current: courses are revised when the underlying statute, code of practice, or regulator guidance changes. Third, every interaction is designed to teach a specific operational skill: spotting reconnaissance, redacting an SAR audio recording, classifying a Section 8 ground, ordering audio evidence under Awaab’s Law, recognising a non-denial in an FCA hot seat. Where the failure mode is recall, we use plausible distractors and false-positive penalties. Where the failure mode is timing or judgement, we use live audio feeds and reaction windows. The goal is the same in every course: behaviour that holds up when a real inspector, regulator, tribunal, or auditor walks in the room.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, you will have:
- Fulfilled a UK Article 15 SAR (including audio recordings) within ICO recommended windows
- Filed a 72-hour breach notification under the Data Protection Act 2018
- Maintained a UK GDPR Article 30 record of processing activities
- Navigated Chapter V international transfers (UK Adequacy / IDTA / UK Addendum)
- Recognised consent traps under the UK ICO consent guidance
- Engaged with the ICO during examination
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements.
Course assessment and certification
On successful completion of the final assessment a downloadable certificate is immediately available.





