VinciWorks’ online GDPR course, GDPR: Privacy at Work, together with the other courses in VinciWorks’ GDPR training suite, is now available in French. The course combines the latest in policy and law with best practice guidelines. It provides real-world scenarios, interactive features and review questions to test understanding of key points. By completing this course users will learn how to comply with data protection laws for their specific role in the organisation. The online training is based on the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
While GDPR will be coming into force across Europe on 25 May 2018, France has already enacted some legislation to prepare for the new data protection regime.
The 1978 Data Protection Act was amended on 7 October 2016 by Law No. 2016-1321 for a Digital Republic (Digital Republic Law). The amendments were designed to prepare for additional protections on the processing and international transfer of such data as regulated by GDPR.
France’s data protection laws
The Digital Republic Law also introduced the right for minors to be forgotten and to request deletion of any personal data collected when they were under 18. People can also create digital wills to deal with their data posthumously and all electronic communication providers must give users to the option to transfer their data to a designated third party after they die.
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) considers consent to only be valid for 13 months at a time, and consent is not valid if it is part of general sales terms or where it originates from pre-ticked boxes. Marketing by post or telephone does not require prior consent, but cannot be done if the recipient has opted out.
As the finer points of GDPR continue to be worked out, different EU members are setting their own limits and standards. In November 2016, the French Supreme Court put an end to IP addresses being considered personal data.
France is already well ahead in terms of preparations for GDPR; however, come implementation day in May 2018, all aspects of the EU Regulation will come into force.
Fully customisable data protection course in French
Anyone working in France should familiarise themselves with the latest in data protection and ensure they are ready. VinciWorks’ course GDPR: Privacy at Work (French) course is fully customisable. A ‘personal learning path builder’ tailors the content to a user’s role. It can be configured into over 1,000 individualised courses, including for IT, HR, marketing, HIPAA and more. It can easily be tailored to include internal training material such as important contact information, links to internal policies and custom learning modules.
