The most interesting thing about the GDPR training that we do is that very little of it is about our rights as employees and almost all of it is to protect our employer. Funny that.

Sounds like the whole HR profession.

'Protect the employer.'.

duh

now... inb4 employees make presentations to employers about the rights they have 😝

generally this is where labour busting happens. so maybe if they're giving protect the company seminars, it's time to leave? 🤔

it is a bit sus actually... like it's like someone with shifty eyes. RESPECT YOUR FATHER, he says while not being a respectable person... that won't do!

@jestdotty we actually handle a lot of medical information so for data contracts and regulation requirements we have to do a lot of HIPPA and GDPR training so that does actually make sense.

And what we cover does apply to us but there's very little about what you can do. How you can exercise your rights. What to look out for that might be of concern. What steps you can take. That said, I'm asking them to explain their handling of my medical information and I expect them to lie about what I don't know about, which would be even harder to prove. But I'm an obsessive methodical little bastard and they're like the kids in the corner eating glue compared to me.

That said, regulations are weird. I used to work at RBS in the phone centres doing corporate support and we could quite literally look at the balance and transactions of any company that banked there. We just got told if we fucked around and accessed stuff not for the purpose of helping a client or did anything based on what we saw we'd get fired and go to jail. Way less data protection training. Just "these things are illegal, sign this saying you won't do it and bear in mind we'll check".