The Council of Europe launched the online Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) course on Personal Data Protection and Privacy Rights, which will be implemented for the second time in Georgia. The event gathered representatives of the Council of Europe, the State Inspector’s Service of Georgia, as well as future participants of the training – relevant staff members of the law enforcement bodies of Georgia.

The course will be implemented in cooperation with the State Inspector’s Service (Georgian Data Protection Authority).

The online HELP course will train up to 30 staff members from various state institutions -  Ministry of Internal Affairs,, General Prosecutor’s Office,, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Finance - on key European standards concerning personal data protection and privacy rights, including rights of individuals in relation to their personal data, data storage, data security, data processing and other aspects crucial to law enforcement bodies in their everyday work.

The course will last three months aiming at strengthening the capacity of relevant actors in enhancing personal data protection in line with the relevant European standards in Georgia.

The online launch of HELP course is organised under the Council of Europe Project “Supporting Freedom of Media and Internet in Georgia”.

Video tutorial how to navigate the HELP platform and how to create HELP account.