Privacy Law and Data Protection
Navigating the Global and Regional Legal Framework for Personal Data
About this course
Privacy law has moved from a niche legal specialism to a central compliance discipline for every financial services institution. Regulators across Kenya, the wider East African region, Europe and beyond are enforcing data protection obligations with real financial and reputational consequences, while customers increasingly expect their personal information to be handled with care and transparency. Understanding the legal framework is now a core professional competency, not just a legal department concern.
This Seya Capital course gives delegates a thorough, practically-oriented grounding in privacy law and data protection — covering the legal principles underpinning major data protection regimes, the rights and obligations they create, cross-border data transfer rules, enforcement and liability, and how to translate legal requirements into workable institutional policy.
Dates, venues & fees
Dates and fees on request. This programme is scheduled on demand, as open enrolment or in-house for your team.
Request datesBy the end of the course
Participants will be able to:
- Understand the legal principles underpinning modern data protection regimes
- Interpret and apply key data protection statutes relevant to financial services
- Understand data subject rights and corresponding organisational obligations
- Navigate cross-border data transfer restrictions and compliance mechanisms
- Understand enforcement powers, penalties and organisational liability
- Translate legal requirements into practical policy and operational controls
Designed for
This Seya Capital course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Legal counsel and compliance officers
- Data protection officers and privacy managers
- Regulatory affairs and governance professionals
- Risk managers and internal auditors
- Company secretaries and policy and contracts professionals
Course outline
Day One: Foundations and Principles of Data Protection Law+
- The evolution of privacy law and its underlying legal principles
- Core concepts: personal data, processing, controllers and processors
- Principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency and accountability
- Comparing major regimes: Kenya's Data Protection Act, EU GDPR and regional laws
- The regulatory architecture: data protection authorities and their powers
Day Two: Data Subject Rights and Organisational Obligations+
- Rights of access, rectification, erasure and data portability
- The right to object and restrictions on automated decision-making
- Lawful bases for processing and managing valid consent
- Obligations of controllers and processors under contract
- Practical exercise: assessing a data subject rights request
Day Three: Cross-Border Data Transfers and International Compliance+
- Legal restrictions on cross-border transfer of personal data
- Adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses and binding corporate rules
- Managing data localisation requirements across jurisdictions
- Compliance considerations for multinational and regional operations
- Practical exercise: structuring a compliant cross-border data flow
Day Four: Enforcement, Liability and Risk Management+
- Regulatory investigation and enforcement powers
- Administrative fines, penalties and litigation risk
- Director and officer liability for data protection failures
- Learning from major enforcement decisions and case law
- Practical exercise: analysing a regulatory enforcement case
Day Five: From Law to Practice: Policy, Contracts and Compliance Programmes+
- Translating legal requirements into data protection policy
- Drafting and negotiating data processing agreements
- Designing a legally defensible data protection compliance programme
- Working effectively with regulators and external counsel
- Course summary, key takeaways and action planning
How you will learn
This Seya Capital course combines structured legal presentations with case law analysis, regulatory guidance review and group discussion. Delegates work through real enforcement decisions and compliance scenarios, building the practical legal literacy needed to advise on and implement data protection requirements.
The return on learning
For your organisation
- Reduced legal and regulatory risk from data protection non-compliance
- More defensible, legally sound data handling policies and practices
- Improved ability to navigate cross-border data transfer requirements
- Stronger working relationships with regulators and legal counsel
- Greater organisational confidence in the face of regulatory scrutiny
For you
- A clear working knowledge of the legal principles of data protection
- Improved ability to interpret and apply data protection statutes
- Confidence to advise colleagues on data subject rights and obligations
- Practical skills in managing cross-border data transfer compliance
- Greater capability to translate legal requirements into workable policy
Seya Capital certificate
On successful completion of this Seya Capital training course, delegates will be awarded a Seya Capital Certificate of Completion.
More in Information & Communication Technology
AI and Cloud Computing Integration (ICT Cloud Systems) Professional Certificate
Information & Communication TechnologyAI Developer for ICT Systems Professional Certificate Programme
Information & Communication TechnologyAI Governance, Ethics and Responsible AI in the Public Sector
Training designed around your organisation
Every course can be delivered privately for your institution, at your premises or a venue of your choice, with case studies and content adapted to your sector and regulatory environment.