Course in Data Protection and Transparency. The limits of the Two Rights

In recent years there has been a spate of new regulations in the areas of personal data protection and transparency, which are fundamental to information management.

In data protection, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, applied as of 2018, represented a paradigm shift in the management of personal data, both in the public and private sectors. In Spain, the direct effect was the approval of Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, in force today.

In addition, Law 19/2013, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, regulates the duties of active publicity (transparency portals) and the right of access to public information.

The necessary combination of both laws has led to a scenario in which entities have to disclose a great deal of information but without infringing other rights and/or interests, especially personal data protection rights.

It is essential for data and information management professionals to have a thorough knowledge of organisations' duties regarding personal data processing and transparency.

A pioneering online programme in the Spanish and Ibero-American university context.

Contents

- Introduction to the course: data protection and transparency.
- What is the right to data protection? Principles, duties and rights.
- What is transparency? (active publicity and access to public information). Principles, duties and rights.
- Other scenarios in information management (social media, open data, etc.).
- The limits to transparency, especially those deriving from data protection rights.
- Systems to safeguard data protection and transparency.
- Analysis of common instances in which transparency and data protection have to be weighed against each other.

Career opportunities

On passing this course, students will have the tools needed to perform a variety of tasks in information management.
One option available is in archive and records management, but there are openings in any area of information management in the public sector and in private entities linked to it - as a data protection officer, in particular - or in the management of transparency portals and/or social media or other internet-based outlets. This same work could also be done in external consultancy services, rather than as a public- or private-sector employee.

Scholarships and financial aid

At the UAB grants' website you will find information on financial aids, grants, competitions, prizes and subsidies for the university community.

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Coordinating centres

FUAB Formació. Archivística y Gestión de Documentos

Contact

Gestió Acadèmica

Phone: 935929710

Additional information

https://www.uab.cat/doc/curs_protecciodades_cat.pdf

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