Compliance courses
Practical compliance training for organisations across sectors, professionals and anyone seeking to develop their knowledge and skills. Our courses cover a wide range of business compliance topics, helping you understand EU regulatory requirements and their practical implications for organisational responsibilities, business processes and everyday decisions. Essentials courses are included with every TechClass licence. More advanced Skills courses are licensed per learner.
14 Essentials courses · 38 Skills courses
Essentials courses
Brief, self-paced courses providing an overview of key regulatory requirements and organisational responsibilities. Included with every TechClass user licence.
- 14 courses
- About 60 min each
- Included with every license
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AML and KYC Essentials
What the EU's new anti-money-laundering rules ask of non-bank businesses: who is in scope, customer due diligence, monitoring, record-keeping and reporting, with Finland as the example. View course -
Fraud Awareness and Prevention
How impersonation, forged documents, invoice fraud and payment diversion reach an organization, the practical checks that stop them, and how to raise a concern. View course -
Understanding Business Ethics
Ethical decision-making at work, the anti-corruption principles behind it, and how the code of conduct guides everyday business choices, with a slot for your own code. View course -
EU Competition Law Essentials
The EU competition rules on restrictive agreements, cartels and abuse of dominance, and what they mean for contacts with competitors, commercial deals and everyday decisions. View course -
GDPR and Data Protection Essentials
The GDPR for everyone who handles personal data: controller and processor roles, the principles and requirements for processing, individual rights, breaches, and the organization's key obligations. View course -
Understanding the EU Data Act
The EU Data Act in outline: the roles it creates, data access and sharing rights for connected products, contractual requirements, cloud switching, and the safeguards for personal data and trade secrets. View course -
Introduction to the EU AI Act
The EU AI Act in outline: provider and deployer roles, prohibited practices, risk classifications, transparency requirements, and the compliance and AI literacy obligations that follow. View course -
NIS2: Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Sectors
The NIS2 Directive in outline: who is in scope, management responsibilities, cybersecurity risk-management measures, incident reporting and supply-chain security, with Finland as the example. View course -
DORA: Digital Operational Resilience in Financial Services
DORA in outline for financial entities and their ICT providers: governance, ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing, and oversight of third-party providers. View course -
Cyber Resilience Act: Security Requirements for Digital Products
The Cyber Resilience Act in outline: manufacturer, importer and distributor responsibilities, product security requirements, conformity assessment, vulnerability handling and support obligations. View course -
Marketing, Contracts and Consumer Protection Essentials
The legal framework for advertising, sales and agreements with consumers and businesses: marketing rules, consumer protection, key contractual obligations, and how B2C and B2B differ. View course -
Understanding Digital Services and Platform Regulation
The EU rules for online services in outline: the e-Commerce and Digital Content Directives, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act and the P2B Regulation, and which apply to which business. View course -
Employment Rights and Workplace Responsibilities
The employer's obligations under EU employment and workplace law: employment terms, working time, equal treatment, safety, pay, consultation and whistleblowing, with Finnish law as the example. View course -
Understanding Supply Chain Due Diligence
The EU responsible-sourcing rules in outline: the CSDDD and the Forced Labour Regulation, the commodity-specific regulations, and how supplier information feeds CSRD reporting and customers' requests. View course
Skills courses
Extensive self-paced courses that build the skills a role requires, with practice, a graded assessment and a certificate that lists the skills. Licensed per learner, for the people who need to go deeper.
- 38 courses
- About 8 h each
- Licensed per learner, quoted on request
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Establishing a KYC and AML Framework
Develops skills in assessing the organization's risks and establishing proportionate policies, controls and responsibilities in line with AML requirements: customer checks, review procedures, reporting arrangements and record-keeping, with clearly defined responsibilities. -
Customer Onboarding and Risk Assessment
Develops KYC, CDD and EDD skills in verifying customers and beneficial owners, assessing risk, evaluating evidence, and deciding on acceptance, additional checks or escalation. -
Ongoing Customer Due Diligence and Risk Reassessment
Develops ongoing due diligence (ODD and OEDD) skills in reviewing customer information and activity, reassessing risk, examining unusual transactions, and determining further checks, escalation and reporting where required. -
Fraud Prevention and Response
Develops skills in verifying identities and documents, identifying signs of fraud, applying preventive controls, and taking appropriate action when fraud is suspected. -
Establishing an Anti-Corruption Framework
Develops skills in designing an anti-corruption framework that addresses the organization's risks through appropriate policies, processes, controls, and defined roles and responsibilities. -
Competitor Agreements and Information Exchange
Develops skills in assessing competitor contacts and proposed arrangements, identifying the risks of price-fixing, market-sharing and exchanges of commercially sensitive information, and responding appropriately. -
Fair Competition in Tendering and Procurement
Develops skills in recognizing bid-rigging risks and assessing joint bids, subcontracting and joint purchasing arrangements, including when further competition-law review is needed. -
Fair Competition in Sales and Distribution
Develops skills in reviewing sales and distribution agreements, assessing resale pricing, territorial and customer restrictions, exclusivity and online sales conditions, and identifying provisions that need amendment or further assessment. -
Pricing, Discounts and Competition Risks
Develops skills in assessing pricing and rebate schemes, recognizing the risks of below-cost pricing and loyalty incentives, and determining when market power requires further legal assessment. -
Market Power, Supply and Access Restrictions
Develops skills in assessing refusals to supply, exclusivity, tying and bundling, and restrictions on access to essential inputs or services, with particular attention to the risks of a dominant market position. -
Establishing a Data Protection Framework
Develops skills in establishing GDPR records, roles and procedures, including records of processing activities (RoPAs) and DPO or EU representative arrangements where required, and in determining when a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) is required, assessing necessity, proportionality and risks, selecting safeguards and documenting conclusions. -
Processing Special Categories of Personal Data
Develops skills in assessing whether special categories of personal data may be processed, identifying the applicable conditions and national requirements, and selecting safeguards for collection, access, sharing and retention. -
Handling Data Subject Requests and Breaches
Develops skills in assessing and responding to data subject requests, applying the relevant exemptions, evaluating personal data breaches and determining notification duties, and in preparing responses, notifications and supporting records within the applicable deadlines. -
International Data Transfers
Develops skills in mapping international transfers, selecting appropriate transfer mechanisms, assessing risks and supplementary safeguards where required, and documenting conclusions and the resulting actions. -
Connected Products and Data Sharing
Develops skills in assessing the data access and sharing obligations for connected products and related services, handling requests, and determining contractual terms, permissible charges and safeguards for personal data and trade secrets. -
Establishing an AI Compliance Framework
Develops skills in assessing AI use cases, identifying prohibited practices, determining roles, risk classifications and the applicable obligations, and establishing AI inventories, policies, approval procedures, human oversight and compliance records. -
Data Processing and Sharing Agreements
Develops skills in drafting and reviewing data processing agreements, data-sharing agreements between independent controllers and joint-controller arrangements, and in the key terms on data use, safeguards and contractual risk allocation. -
EU AI Act and Commercial Agreements
Develops skills in assessing the risks when drafting, reviewing and entering into AI-related agreements: the applicable AI Act responsibilities, access to documentation, cooperation and system changes, alongside data protection, confidentiality, IP and liability risks. -
Establishing a NIS2 Risk Management Framework
Develops skills in assessing the policies, responsibilities and proportionate measures needed for NIS2 compliance, including management oversight, training, reviews, and incident assessment and reporting. Finland provides the national implementation example. -
Supplier Assessments and Security Requirements under NIS2
Develops skills in assessing suppliers and service providers, reviewing cybersecurity evidence and identifying gaps, and in evaluating security requirements in procurement and contracts, alongside arrangements for ongoing supplier monitoring. -
Establishing a DORA ICT Risk Management Framework
Develops skills in assessing the risks associated with business functions, ICT assets and dependencies, and in DORA's requirements for policies, responsibilities, continuity, recovery and testing, together with incident classification, escalation, reporting and client communications. -
ICT Supplier Due Diligence and Agreements under DORA
Develops skills in assessing ICT providers and services that support critical or important functions, with particular attention to contractual safeguards, the register of information, ongoing oversight and exit arrangements. -
Managing Product Compliance under the Cyber Resilience Act
Develops skills in assessing product scope and classification, reviewing cybersecurity risks and determining conformity assessment requirements, and in evaluating compliance documentation and the arrangements for vulnerability handling, security updates, ongoing support and required notifications. -
Marketing Claims, Pricing and Promotions
Develops skills in reviewing marketing claims, pricing and promotions, including comparative advertising, environmental claims and statements about product or service performance: what makes a claim misleading, and how to assess commercial disclosures, customer reviews and influencer endorsements. -
Consumer Agreements and Unfair Terms
Develops skills in drafting and reviewing consumer agreements in line with EU consumer protection rules, recognizing unfair terms, and assessing provisions on subscription renewals, price changes, withdrawal and termination. -
Managing Compliance for Digital Services
Develops skills in assessing online sales and service delivery under the e-Commerce Directive, the Digital Content Directive and related EU consumer rules, and how they apply to customer information, electronic contracting, service performance, updates, changes and consumer remedies. -
Managing Obligations under the Digital Services Act
Develops skills in determining which DSA obligations apply to a service and how they vary with business size, and in evaluating procedures for illegal-content notices, moderation decisions, user complaints and transparency reporting, including the additional duties of online marketplaces. -
GPSR and EU Product Safety Compliance
Develops skills in identifying the organization's responsibilities under the General Product Safety Regulation and related EU product safety rules, and in reviewing risk assessments, product documentation, labeling and traceability, alongside arrangements for safety reporting and recalls. -
Employment Contracts and Terms
Develops skills in drafting and reviewing employment agreements, employment information and contractual restrictions, and in how national law and collective agreements affect working time, leave, probation, fixed-term, part-time and agency arrangements, including the additional requirements when posting employees abroad. -
Employment Changes and Termination
Develops skills in assessing changes to employment terms, disciplinary action and termination under national law and the applicable collective agreements, and in how consultation, notice and documentation requirements apply, including the additional obligations in collective redundancies and business transfers. -
Managing Pay Transparency Requirements
Develops skills in reviewing recruitment practices, pay criteria and responses to pay information requests in line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive, and in comparing work of equal value, assessing pay differences, and managing reporting and joint pay assessments where required. -
Workplace Health and Safety Responsibilities
Develops skills in reviewing workplace risk assessments and preventive measures, including those for workload and psychosocial risks, and in assessing safety responsibilities and the arrangements for staff training, worker consultation and accident reporting. -
Workplace Complaints and Whistleblowing
Develops skills in distinguishing workplace complaints from reports that may qualify for whistleblower protection, and in assessing reporting channels and procedures for confidential, impartial handling, follow-up and protection against retaliation. -
Equal Treatment and Workplace Conduct
Develops skills in recognizing discrimination and harassment risks in recruitment, management decisions and workplace behavior, reviewing workplace policies and codes of conduct, assessing reasonable accommodation requests, and responding appropriately to concerns. -
Establishing a Supply Chain Due Diligence Framework
Develops skills in establishing the policies, responsibilities and procedures needed for due diligence under the CSDDD, and in assessing the arrangements for supplier monitoring, complaints, corrective action and remediation, together with documentation and public communication requirements. -
Supplier Risks and Audits
Develops skills in assessing supplier risks, reviewing supplier information and deciding where further checks are needed, and in planning and reviewing supplier audits and evaluating their findings. -
Managing Compliance with the EU Forced Labour Regulation
Covers how the EU Forced Labour Regulation affects products and sourcing decisions, and develops skills in assessing forced labor risks, reviewing supply chain information and responding to authority inquiries, including the implications of product prohibitions, withdrawal and disposal requirements. -
Supplier Codes of Conduct and Contractual Requirements
Develops skills in drafting and reviewing supplier codes of conduct and contractual due diligence requirements, and in assessing information-sharing and audit rights, corrective action commitments, cooperation on complaints and remediation, and provisions for suspending or ending supplier relationships.
