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PRIVACY OFFICER ESSENTIALS

A live virtual program, delivered across two webinars

Course Overview

This course gives you the opportunity to build upon your existing privacy knowledge to structure and prioritise a privacy management program relevant for your organisation. You will explore how to approach best-practice privacy management techniques underpinned by internal compliance frameworks.

Is this course right for you?

This course is designed for Privacy Officers with a working knowledge of the privacy principles in Australia, who would like to keep up to date and further improve their capability to manage their organisation’s privacy obligations.

This training can be undertaken as a standalone course, or combined with the PIAs and Privacy Design course which follows shortly after.  (If you need to learn the legal foundations first, start with our online Privacy Act compliance training.)

Eligible for 4 Continuing Privacy Education points (1 point per hour) for CIPM.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

  • Understand the breadth of responsibilities of a Privacy Officer
  • Develop and prioritise a fit for purpose privacy management program for your organisation, and
  • Be equipped to create practical resources and tools to build a privacy compliant culture

Course Outline

  • Building the Privacy Program in your organisation
  • Privacy principles refresher and GDPR update
  • Role of the Privacy Officer
  • Taking a comprehensive privacy best-practice approach
  • Understanding and managing your data
  • What constitutes a comprehensive Privacy Management Program
  • Being prepared if things go wrong, including data breach notification

Our Facilitator

Helios Salinger (previously Salinger Privacy) is a market leader in privacy training, consulting and pragmatic compliance tools.  Salinger Privacy was established in 2004 by one of Australia’s foremost privacy experts on privacy law and practice, Anna Johnston. Our team have delivered training on behalf of the Australian, NSW and Victorian Privacy Commissioners, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

This training will be facilitated by Andrea Calleia, our Director of Learning.  Andrea has extensive experience in the learning and development field, and has specialised in developing and delivering privacy training since 2003.  Andrea managed the education program for the NSW Privacy Commissioner’s Office, and on behalf of Salinger Privacy facilitated Privacy Officer training for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Course Details

Course format

Two live virtual, interactive webinars of two hours each.  Total course length is 4 hours.

Each live virtual session includes discussions and activities focused on practical strategies supported by relevant frameworks.  Learning activity included in-between the two webinars, supporting work-based application of the learning.

Each session will be limited to 25 participants, to ensure a high quality and interactive learning experience.  To participate in the webinars you will need a stable internet connection, and the ability to participate in a webinar using audio (e.g. headphones with mic) in a quiet space.

This training can be undertaken as a standalone course, or combined with the PIAs and Privacy Design course which follows.

What’s included

  • Comprehensive course notes
  • The benefits of learning in an environment which includes being able to share first hand experiences and questions with privacy-experienced peers
  • Access to our expert facilitator

Next dates

This course is spread across two dates. You must be able to attend both dates:

  • Day 1 of 2 – Monday 18 August 2025 – 10am-12pm AEST
  • Day 2 of 2 – Thursday 21 August 2025 – 10am-12pm AEST

$500 + GST

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Book in 3+ participants together for a 5% discount, automatically applied at online checkout.

Please contact us to request a quote for training a team in-house, across Australia or New Zealand, or subscribe to our newsletter to be notified of future dates.

Quotes

“It opened my eyes to the key elements of a privacy framework and some good tips for complying with the Privacy Act in practice”

“I like how the facilitator involved the group and used a variety of learning methods which included online quizzes”

“Provides a great overview of privacy obligations in a way that is structured and not overwhelming”

“I came into the learning with no idea on where to start, or even what the role meant in practical terms, and came away with so many practical and actionable items”

“For the first time since being asked to take on this portfolio … I feel I have some practical pointers to use to actually start to introduce our organisation to privacy”

“Andrea was fantastic! I love that she was able to deliver clear steps and actions to make sure that you are not only compliant but also pushed us towards best practice”

“I liked that there were activities throughout to keep us engaged and she encouraged questions and conversations”

“Very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and helpful. Thank you!”

“The style was great considering we were all virtual”

“Andrea did a wonderful job of engaging the cohort and encouraging participation and reflection”

“Great knowledge of trainer, good use of tools such as quizzes and games”

“Andrea was very approachable, encouraging, wise and engaging, despite the difficulties of online learning. She provided pre-work and motivated people to do their best (and was) thorough in providing feedback”

“Having a brains trust to workshop ideas and hear differences in approaches was gold”

“10 out of 10”

“I got a lot out of the program as it was hands on”

“very practical as well as covering the theory”

“Andrea had a great presentation style that I could relate to with good takeaways for future use and reference”

Participants in our Privacy Officer Essentials courses

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