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This course includes:

  • 1 hour 49 minutes on-demand video

  • Regular quizzes and tests

  • Animation of Key concepts

  • Downloadable resources

  • Access on mobile devices

  • Certificate of completion

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What you will learn

  • Understand the foundations of Law No58/2021, the Rights of data subjects’ and how best to apply the rights as required by the Law.

  • Understand the necessary steps to take to register as a data controller or data processor with the NCSA the Supervisory Authority.

  • Learn international best practices (as data controllers or processors) about how to deal with personal data and special categories of personal data in business.

  • Identify when a DPO is required, the roles and responsibilities of a DPO and how they can help an organisation comply with the Law.

  • Understand the various principles required to handle personal data outside Rwanda and how to apply them as an organisation.

  • Recognise the consequences of non-compliance as an organisation and the possible effects it will have on them.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Introduction

    2. The Case for the Law

    1. Introduction to Data Protection and Privacy Law in Rwanda

    2. Slides for Module 1

    3. Quiz for Module 1

    1. Registering as a Data Controller and Data Processor

    2. Slides for Module 2

    3. Quiz for Module 2

    1. 10 Rights of Individual Regarding their Personal Data

    2. Slides for Module 3

    3. Quiz for Module 3

    1. 6 Principles for Processing Personal Data

    2. Slides for Module 4

    3. Quiz for Module 4

    1. The Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

    2. Slides for Module 5

    3. Quiz for Module 5

About this course

  • $29.09
  • 44 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who is a Data Subject?

    A data subject is a natural person from whom or in respect of whom, personal data has been requested and processed.

  • What is Personal Data?

    Personal Data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, psychological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

  • What is Processing of Personal Data?

    It is an operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, such as, collection, recording, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, reconstruction, concealment, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, sharing, transfer, or otherwise making available, sale, restriction, erasure or destruction.