Data protection: UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
The ICO’s accountability framework expects an all-staff data protection training programme, with induction and refresher training, and evidence that staff complete and understand it. Read our guide to GDPR training for employees.
Sexual harassment: Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023
Since 26 October 2024, a new section 40A of the Equality Act 2010 requires employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment. What counts as reasonable depends on the employer. Training is a common part of the answer; Safe can support it, alongside your policy and reporting procedures, which it doesn’t replace.
Anti-money laundering: the Money Laundering Regulations 2017
Regulation 24 asks firms in scope to make relevant employees aware of the law on money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, to train them regularly to recognise and deal with suspicious transactions and situations, and to keep a written record of that training.
AI: the EU AI Act, for UK firms selling into the EU
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 applies to providers placing AI systems on the EU market, wherever they are established, and to providers and deployers outside the EU when the output of their AI system is used in the EU. Article 4 asks providers and deployers to take measures to support the AI literacy of their staff. Technocity is a 30-minute way in.
Sources (checked October 2026): ICO, accountability framework: training and awareness; ICO, personal data breaches: a guide; Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, section 1; Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, regulation 24; EU AI Act, Article 2 and Article 4 (European Commission AI Act Service Desk).