Statewide Privacy Awareness Training

Summary

Privacy awareness training educates employees about privacy laws, regulations, best practices, internal policies, and employee responsibilities. The training ensures employees have the knowledge and skills to handle personal data appropriately, recognize and respond to privacy concerns, promote early detection and prevention of privacy incidents, and reduce data breach risks. Overall, privacy training and awareness programs build a privacy-conscious workforce. The following are required awareness and training requirements for governmental entities:

Privacy awareness training ensures employees have the knowledge and skills to appropriately handle PII, recognize and respond to privacy concerns, and prevent privacy incidents, thus reducing the risk of data breaches and potential penalties. Employees of governmental entities that have access to personal data as part of the employee's work duties are required to complete a data privacy training program within 30 days after beginning employment and at least once in each calendar year.