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Data Protection Officer Practical Training Programme

This programme prepares participants to fulfil the role of Data Protection Officer under PDPA Malaysia. It goes beyond basic awareness into practical responsibilities, including governance, compliance management, data mapping, breach response, and building internal frameworks.

Modules

Role and Mandate of the DPO
Legal basis for the DPO role, accountability, reporting structures, and independence requirements under PDPA.

PDPA Deep Dive
Full review of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, regulations, and PDPC enforcement guidance and decisions.

Data Inventory and Mapping
How to conduct a Personal Data Inventory and document data flows across departments and systems.

Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
When a DPIA is required, how to conduct one systematically, and how to document and act on findings.

Privacy by Design
Embedding data protection into business processes, systems, and product development from the outset rather than retrofitting.

Managing Third-Party Data Processors
Contracts, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring of vendors who process personal data on behalf of your organisation.

Handling Data Subject Requests
Processing access, correction, and objection requests within required timeframes and documenting the outcome.

Breach Management and Reporting
DPO responsibilities during and after a data breach. Regulatory notification procedures and internal escalation.

Building a Data Protection Framework
Policies, staff training programmes, and internal audit structures that make compliance sustainable.

Final Activity

Data Protection Action Plan. Participants develop a Data Protection Action Plan for a fictitious organisation, identifying policy gaps, risk priorities, and a 90-day implementation roadmap.

Key Outcomes:
Understand the full scope of the DPO role under PDPA Malaysia
Conduct a data inventory and map data flows across the organisation
Perform and document a DPIA for high-risk processing activities
Manage vendor and third-party data protection obligations
Respond to data subject requests within legal requirements
Build a sustainable data protection framework for your organisation

Fee: RM 2,500 per day
Minimum enrolment: 1 participant
Duration: 2 Days
Level: DPOs, compliance, legal, HR, and IT managers
HRD Corp Claimable
Certificate included

Frequently Asked Questions

RM 2,500 per day.

Appointed or prospective DPOs, compliance officers, legal counsel, HR managers, and IT leads with data governance responsibilities.

No, but familiarity with basic PDPA concepts is helpful. Participants who have completed the PDPA Awareness programme will be well prepared.

Yes.

Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion. This serves as evidence of formal DPO training.

No. This is a significantly more detailed programme focused on the DPO role. The Awareness course covers general staff obligations.

Yes, for in-house delivery we adapt content to your industry's data landscape.

In-person at your office, at our KL venue, or online.

Yes. Any programme can be booked as a team day. Everyone works the same brief together, so your people come away having built something and knowing each other better.

If you are claiming under HRD Corp, the session has to fall at least 14 days after your HRD Corp approval. If you are not claiming, the date is flexible and we work around your calendar.

At your own office or venue, online, or at our training space in Cyberjaya. It can also be delivered entirely through our LMS as self-paced e-learning.

Put them on the self-paced e-learning instead. Your team works through the modules on our LMS in their own time, sits the assessment, and earns the same certificate, so nobody has to clear a full day together.