Themen

Here to Stay

Dealing With the Special Features of Home Office Work

Prof. Eberhard SteinerMunich (GER), April 2022 - Professor Eberhard Steiner is the Director of Munich’s Institute for Enterprise and Change Management (UVM Institute), which advises companies and agencies on strategy and innovation processes, change management, agile methods, and work 4.0, as well as aspects of digitalization. He is the editor and co-author of several specialist publications, including "Managing Home Office Employees". Prof. Steiner will be speaking on his area of specialization at the LEARNTEC 2022 Congress, 31 May, at 12:15.

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Workshop

A First Assessment of the EU GDPR’s Effects in the Learning Field

Thomas TrierStuttgart (GER), December 2018 - What changes has the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation brought about for networked learning, and what effects does it, in conjunction with the ePrivacy Regulation, have on the design of learning media? Thomas Trier's workshop (in German) in Conference Room 1 on 29 January 2019 at 11:30 will examine these questions. Thomas Trier studied economics and has been a certified data protection specialist since 2013. Today he is a senior consultant and data protection officer at vitero GmbH.

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Higher Education

UK Universities Respond to the GDPR Challenge

GDPR for higher educationLondon (UK), May 2018 - GDPR is the biggest change in data protection legislation for twenty years, coming into effect on 25 May 2018. Despite this, analyst firm Gartner showed that around half of those affected by the legislation - whether in the EU or outside - will not be in full compliance when the regulations take effect. Schools, colleges, and universities across the UK have responded to the GDPR challenge by designing their own sector-specific GDPR for Higher Education training course.

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Engage in Learning

Learning Materials to Help Prevent Card Fraud

Gloucester (UK), May 2018 - Some £58bn was spent via credit and debit cards in the UK in April last year, some 6.8 per cent more than was spent in April 2016, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. While this might appear to offer increasing opportunities for card fraud, these opportunities are being minimised by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) – and by related learning materials, such as those launched recently by Engage in Learning.

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Practical Guide

Cylix Launches New GDPR Data Protection Online Course

Bath (UK), October 2017 - Cylix's new online training course provides staff with a practical guide to complying with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and incorporates a unique transition training mode to bridge the gap before the GDPR comes into force.

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Data Protection

Privacy Conference: Dare the Leap!

Berlin (GER), March 2017 - Privacy is a key factor for the development of digital products and services. Two particular challenges need to be addressed urgently: the adaption of business processes to the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the need for common rules on data processing in a globalized world. Bitkom and Beck Verlag as organizer invite you to discuss these challenges at the Privacy Conference in Berlin, 19 September 2017.

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Cornerstone OnDemand

New Data Centres in France and Germany

London (UK), March 2017 - Cornerstone OnDemand, a producer of cloud-based learning and human-capital-management software, has announced that the company plans to open two new data centres in Europe in early 2018. The facilities, located in France and Germany, will meet stringent European Union regulations and give Cornerstone clients more geographical options for where their talent data is stored.

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