Information compliance training material

Could you please send me any training material and guidance notes that you have used in training staff on Freedom of Information, GDPR and the Data Protection Act in the last 12 months. This request covers all forms of training and guidance and not limited to face to face training delivered in person by a trainer.

Devon County Council has published a variety of guidance material for staff covering compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the General Data Protection Act 2018. A breakdown of this guidance along with associated training material provided to staff, is available below.

Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

All guidance material that has been communicated to staff, including the council’s policies and procedures governing data protection compliance is available from the Inside Devon website.

A pdf copy of the text which forms the council’s mandatory staff data protection e-learning is available here. It is not possible to provide the images and formatting that forms part of this e-learning, as this is built into the software on which the e-learning operates. This is not available to members of the public to view.

Face- to-face training delivered in the last 12 months covering data protection compliance.

A list of all staff communications sent via the council’s Inside Devon newsletter, covering data protection compliance is available from the hyperlinks below.

Data protection articles
GDPR articles

Freedom of Information Act 2000

All guidance material that has been communicated to staff, including the council’s policies and procedures governing compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is available the Inside Devon website.

Face to-face training delivered in the last 12 months covering compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

A list of all staff communications covering compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that was sent via our Inside Devon Newsletter, is available from the hyperlinks below.

What to do if you receive an FOI request
Information Governance, who should I contact

Further guidance covering compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and General Data Protection Regulation is available from the council’s access to information and knowing when to share websites.