Our Data Security and Protection eLearning course introduces why data security and protection is important and shows you what you should do to keep data safe.
There are four modules, each should take between 10-20 minutes to complete. You can work your way through all or just some of the modules.
Module 1: Data protection rights and responsibilities
15 minutes to complete
Sections
- My responsibilities
- People’s rights
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should:
- Understand the importance of data security and protection in adult social care.
- Understand how to keep information about an individual’s care and support safe and treat it as confidential.
- Understand you are personally responsible for handling data safely and recording accurate and complete information.
- Understand the rights that individuals have with regards to their personal data.
- Know when and how to tell the people you support what your organisation is doing with their personal data.
- Be able to respond appropriately to data subject rights requests.
Link
- Module 1: Rights and responsibilities – https://www.digitalcarehub.co.uk/elearning/data-protection-rights-and-responsibilties/
Module 2: Keeping data secure
15 minutes to complete
Sections
- Sharing confidential data
- Recording and disposing of data
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should:
- Know how to keep information about an individual’s care and support safe and treat it as confidential.
- Understand the need to share information with people who need to know it.
- Be able to take simple precautions when you share data.
- Be aware that care and support records must be accurate, up to date and clear enough to read.
- Understand that you should always save records in the right place so that they are easy to find.
- Know how to dispose of old paper records securely.
Link
- Module 2: Keeping data secure – https://www.digitalcarehub.co.uk/elearning/keeping-data-secure/
Module 3: Threats to data security
20 minutes to complete
Sections
- Fraud and scams
- Safe use of digital devices
- Safe keeping of paper records
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should:
- Understand the range of ways in which you could be scammed or ‘socially engineered’ relating to work.
- Know what to avoid, what to look out for and what to do if you suspect something.
- Understand the range of digital devices that might be used at work.
- Know how to apply basic good practice when using digital devices, including:
- Good password practice
- Locking devices
- Keeping devices up to date.
- Be aware of threats to data security relating to confidential paper records.
Know how to apply basic good practice when using paper-based records.
Link
- Module 3: Threats to data security – https://www.digitalcarehub.co.uk/elearning/threats-to-data-security/
Module 4: Data breaches
10 minutes to complete
Sections
- What is a data breach?
- Data confidentiality
- Availability of data
- Data integrity
- Receiving data in error
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should:
- Be able to identify the range of, and types of, data breaches or near misses that might occur.
- Know what to do if a data breach happens.
Link
- Module 4: Data breaches – https://www.digitalcarehub.co.uk/elearning/data-breaches/
