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By Over 8000 Organisations

Building a Privacy-Conscious World

Training delivered in 42 countries across 6 Continents, Since 2002

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Private

Private Clients

Local Authorities

Local Authorities
Globe

Excellent course. What could have been a dry topic was transformed by excellent and engaging expert delivery and practical examples. Good length to get a good understanding of the whole area. I feel well-prepared to take GDPR compliance forward with my company.
CT, Trident Trust Company, London

The course is extremely useful in explaining GDPR and other associated legislation and how they should be applied. Extremely valuable for anyone who is or is due to become a Data Protection Officer or anyone who supports that role.
NH, Office for Nuclear Regulation

Thank you for a really helpful and practical course. It was pitched at just the right level for me, and I feel much more confident in my role as DPO as a result.
BS, Marie Curie, London

Very useful, insightful course that provided hands on practical tips on GDPR implementation within our business.
AD, Danske Bank, Denmark

I highly recommend Act Now Training. The speaker presented a relatively heavy topic in a highly interesting manner. As someone who had previously read the Regulation multiple times, I guarantee that this course will still provide you with considerable added value.
SS, Trident Trust Company Limited Spain

An eye-opening course… I am glad I attended this course.
Ministry of Home Affairs, Dubai

Good and interactive explanation/briefing on the Data Protection Policy. An inspiring workshop. The presenter was well understood, friendly and approachable. The experienced tutor and facilitator provided me with clear knowledge and awareness of Data Protection. I’m truly grateful for this experience.
Public Services Department, Brunei

It is quite difficult to find a good training provider but I can happily say Act Now and the trainer did a really good job to make me want to recommend them to anyone I know. As a beginner in the Data Protection field, the GDPR Practitioner certificate course was the right balance between overall guidance and detailed information presented in an easy and understandable format. Having the course over 4 weeks was very good to be able to study in between, and think about questions or specific cases to people’s various environment.
Chugai Pharma Co., Japan

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Course tutors

All our associates are experienced information governance professionals who have been training and advising in this field for many years.

  • Philip Jones

    Course Tutor


    Philip has 40 years of information management experience in the public and private sectors both as a practitioner and at a senior management level. He was Head of Information Governance at Staffordshire Council. Philip holds a masters degree in information management and an MBA. He is a senior associate for Act Now and Chair of the Exam Panel.

  • Scott Sammons

    Course Tutor


    Scott is an information governance specialist with over 15 years of experience. He has delivered a number international projects for Act Now Training and is a senior tutor on the Advanced Certificate in GDPR Practice. His previous roles include European Data Protection Lead for a bank and GDPR Implementation lead for a council. Scott is a former Chair of the IRMS.

  • Susan Wolf

    Course Tutor


    Susan holds a judicial position as a Fee Paid Member of the Upper Tribunal (Information Rights). She spent ten years teaching the LLM in Information Rights Law at Northumbria University and developed their Postgraduate Certificate in Data Protection Law and Information Governance. Susan is one of the senior curriculum developers for Act Now Training.

  • Lynn Wyeth

    Course Tutor


    Lynn is the Head of Information Governance for a large local authority and has over 20 years of experience as a practitioner. She holds a post graduate diploma in Information Rights, the CISMP certificate and is an accredited HSCIPP privacy practitioner. She is the author of two books and is currently undertaking a PhD. Her experience is across GDPR, FOI and RIPA.

  • Iain Harrison

    Course Tutor


    Iain is currently an Information Governance Risk Manager for large local authority and has over 20 years of experience. He has been delivering training for Act Now for over seven years in GDPR and FOI for public, private and charitiable organisations. His extensive experience in planning and implementation of Information Rights legislation allows him to bring training sessions to life.

  • Craig Geddes

    Course Tutor


    Craig is a certified archivist and records manager with 28 years of experience in information governance. He has served as an Archivist, Records Manager, and Senior Information Officer for numerous Scottish local administrations. Craig has spent many years developing and delivering training on records management, freedom of information and data protection.

  • Kirsty Squires

    Course Tutor


    Kirsty is currently a DPO for a number of local authorities and has over 15 years of experience in Data Governance. She has led the IG Project Team on transformation projects to deliver local government restructure in Northamptonshire, dealing with issues including information sharing, data protection by design and leading on training and policy development.

  • Naomi Matthews

    Course Tutor


    Naomi is a local authority lawyer and holds a judicial position as a Fee Paid Member of the Upper Tribunal (Information Rights). She has extensive experience in all areas of information compliance and RIPA. Her training has been commended by RIPA inspectors and her advice has helped many local authorities understand the law and practicalities of covert surveillance.

What our clients say about us

    I attended the FOI Practitioner Course. I found the course literature very user friendly and appreciated receiving hard copies of these alongside the online Resource Lab. The course delivery was at a pace that didn’t overly dwell where it was unnecessary but, time was given for delegates to check their understanding and for questions. Both tutors were clearly FOI
    professionals of excellent standing and were able to provide helpful real life context to the theory, but while keeping the depth of learning at an appropriate level for learners of different levels of experience. I would recommend this course to FOI professionals and those wishing to better understand FOI as part of their Info Governance / DP obligations. MG, Surrey County Council

    The course was informative and the vast and detailed knowledge of the Tutor was highly evident.
    SW, Lancashire Constabulary

    Very informative course presented in an engaging manner. The course
    material is excellent and very useful to have to hand when dealing with FOI and EIR. I would recommend this course for all FOI officers. RS, Flintshire County Council

    An excellent course taught by someone with all the relevant knowledge and experience to impart to the delegates. Also very useful course materials which have proved to be helpful to me on a day to day basis in my job. I would really recommend this course to anyone who is dealing with FOI in their job. JC, DEFRA

    FOI Practitioner Certificate is a new and thoroughly
    enjoyable course. The tutor is extremely
    experienced and encourages full participation. If like
    me you struggle with examinations, this is the course
    for you! It is very practical based and is useful to
    those new to FOIA and those with some experience. MP, Dudley CCG