ICS ECDPO study plan

Map each core data protection principle to a concrete organizational obligation and an example of non-compliance

Distinguish controllers, processors, and joint controllers and explain how each role's duties differ

Build a one-page comparison of the major legal frameworks (e.g., GDPR-style, sectoral, and national laws) covering scope, key definitions, and enforcement posture

Explain the relationship between principles, lawful bases, and accountability obligations

Apply data minimization, purpose limitation, and storage limitation to a worked scenario and justify each decision

Evaluate each lawful basis against a fact pattern and select the most defensible one with written reasoning

Distinguish consent from the other lawful bases and identify when consent is invalid or withdrawable

Draft the elements of a valid consent request (granularity, clarity, records, withdrawal mechanism)

Design a consent capture and records workflow that evidences when, how, and to what consent was given

Identify dark-pattern and bundling failures that invalidate consent and describe compliant alternatives

Explain special-category and children's data consent requirements and the extra safeguards they trigger

Describe how to handle consent withdrawal and its downstream effect on processing

Enumerate each data subject right and match it to the required organizational action and timeline

Triage a request to confirm identity, scope, and applicable exemptions within the first response window

Draft a compliant response to an access request including third-party redaction considerations

Explain how to handle refusal, extension, and manifestly unfounded or excessive requests

Decide when a DPIA is required using screening criteria and document the screening rationale

Build a DPIA that identifies assets, threats, and harms and links each risk to a mitigation

Apply a risk-scoring method and justify residual risk acceptance or escalation

Describe how to consult stakeholders and, where required, a supervisory authority

Select and justify technical and organizational controls mapped to identified risks and least-privilege access

Distinguish a personal data breach from a security incident and describe the assessment that determines notifiability

Outline the 72-hour (or jurisdiction-specific) notification workflow including regulator and individual notification criteria

Draft a breach record entry and a post-incident lessons-learned summary

Assemble the accountability artifacts (policies, ROPA, training logs, audit trails) that evidence compliance

Design a role-based training program with measurable completion and comprehension checks

Evaluate a cross-border transfer mechanism against a scenario and document the chosen safeguard and rationale

Apply vendor due diligence and contract-clause review to a processor relationship, including sub-processor and audit rights

Synthesize all domains by working through integrated case studies end to end

Diagnose weak answers in timed practice sets and target the two lowest-scoring domains

Rehearse articulating lawful basis, DPIA necessity, and breach notifiability decisions under time pressure

Confirm retention of key definitions, timelines, and role distinctions through spaced recall