Don't get stuck with the same old data protection training
How to repackage already known GDPR content into exciting new online courses.
Data Protection
Frank von Stetten
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Updated on: 20.03.2025
The GDPR is now a few years old and almost every company has trained its employees online on the topic of data protection. For the majority of companies, this data protection training is even mandatory every year, which doesn't really lift the acceptance and mood of the participants. "Oh man, this training again? How often am I supposed to do that?" is a frequent and not unjustified complaint.
On the other hand, data protection has become very important, especially due to the GDPR, and numerous data breaches prove every day anew that data protection awareness training is still absolutely necessary. How can you solve this dilemma?
We've come up with an great solution and have added a refresher path to our online data protection training.
How would you like it? Quick or thorough?
At the beginning of the training we ask every e-learning participant: "How would you like it? Quick or thorough?"
We assume by now that almost everyone has attended a training session on the GDPR (unless he or she is fresh out of school/university) – so many will choose the new refresher path. It consists of 100% interactive exercises that bring data protection knowledge back from the far back left shelf of the brain and reactivate it. In typical, but also challenging everyday scenarios, participants can review how good their knowledge of personal data, data protection basics, principles, etc. is and whether this knowledge is sufficient to pass the test.
At the end of each refresher chapter, we summarize all the important data protection content once more. And for each of these summaries, the e-learning participant can decide whether they feel savvy enough on this topic or whether they would like to take another look at the associated regulations. In this way, each participant determines their desired learning intensity for each chapter. Beginners who realize they're not ready for the refresher path can also switch permanently back to the basics path.
Top feedback for data protection e-learning courses
This concept of "refresher with option for more in-depth training" receives really enthusiastic responses from employees, because they can complete a 60-minute data protection training course in 25 minutes with the refresher, by simply going through data protection scenarios, interactive exercises, and a multiple-choice test. Due to the didactic structure of the exercises, the participants do not even notice that they are learning, consolidating and deepening their knowledge once again.
We are convinced that this concept will also become popular in our training courses on compliance, safety and health at work, and cyber security.
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