GDPR Training for Employees

Online GDPR training course for professionals

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What is GDPR training?

Handling personal data is part of everyday business, which means every employee needs to know how to get it right. Our GDPR awareness training helps teams understand data processing rules and stay compliant with GDPR regulations.

Compliance is about protecting sensitive information and building trust. With simple online training, you can make sure your business meets its GDPR requirements and avoid the risks that come with getting it wrong.  

 

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Online GDPR employee training

An online course is a fantastic way of delivering training on important topics such as GDPR and data protection.

The course content is delivered entirely online, requiring only a computer and stable internet connection to engage with the video lessons and interactive assessments.

With a mix of videos, quizzes and interactive slides, your employees can learn in an interactive, engaging way at a time that suits them.

An introduction to data protection

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets the rules for how organisations handle personal data - and understanding it is essential to protect your business and your people.

Our GDPR online training course gives learners a clear view of the regulation, covering the key data protection principles like transparency, fairness and lawfulness, with practical tips for applying them.

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The importance of employee training

When it comes to the general data protection regulation, your people need to know how to handle personal data properly. In 2024, UK organisations were fined around £2.7 million for data breaches—mistakes that often come down to human error.

That’s why employee GDPR training matters. It helps protect your business from fines, reputational damage and confusion. In fact, companies with good security awareness training are 8.3 times less likely to show up on public data breach lists.

The best part? Training can be done quickly and gives a clear, easy-to-follow overview of GDPR.

74% of Breathe users agree - Breathe helps us reduce HR-related errors while ensuring compliance with UK employment laws and regulations. 

- Breathe HR 2025 customer survey. 

Data Privacy & Security

If your organisation handles personal data, GDPR compliance isn’t optional – it’s essential. Our GDPR training course covers everything you need to know to reduce the risk of non-compliance and fines, including:

  • Safe data processing

  • Key data protection principles

  • Building data privacy into your ways of working

  • Why staff awareness is crucial for GDPR success

  • The role and responsibilities of data protection officers

Ultimately, our GDPR course helps build a strong culture of awareness, accountability, and trust across your organisation.

 

 

Induction & refresher training

Our ready-to-go induction and refresher training is ideal for new starters and existing employees. These bite-size courses cover GDPR principles and help your team spot and manage data protection risks—keeping everyone informed, compliant, and ready to act.

 

Monitoring data protection training effectiveness

Our online training course helps employees understand GDPR requirements, their responsibilities, and the key principles of data protection. After completing it, they’ll take a quick assessment and can share feedback too.

To keep staff awareness high and GDPR compliance on track, you can schedule reminders for regular refresher training.

What's included in our online GDPR training course?

Breathe's Learn module offers over 20 courses on a variety of important topics.

One of our most popular courses is GDPR, which covers everything you and your team need to know about GDPR and compliance in the workplace.

In Breathe's GDPR training for employees, your team will learn about: 

  • What GDPR is
  • Why GDPR is important
  • The law around data protection
  • GDPR terminology 
  • How to identify personal/sensitive data
  • Data subject access requests

An online learning tool your team will love

From onboarding new starters to building skills across your team, Breathe's Learn add-on is here to help.

It's packed with ready-to-go training that makes developing your people easy, while helping you stay on top of essential compliance. In addition to GDPR, we have courses about information security, sexual harassment prevention, discrimination and much more.

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is GDPR in plain english and how is it different to the Data Protection Act?

  • How will we know if our staff have taken and understood the General Data Protection Regulation course?