EU Privacy Laws & AWS: Build Compliant Data Architectures

Posted on: 20th April 2026

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Build GDPR compliant data architectures on AWS covering data protection, right to erasure, secure processing, and auditing.

Description

If you are a data practitioner, manager, compliance officer, or executive who needs to understand how to build EU privacy law compliant data architectures in the cloud, this free course covers the AWS tools you can use to achieve GDPR compliance. It includes data protection by design, right to erasure, processing data securely, moving data in and out of the EU, limitations on profiling, and auditing and monitoring.

This Course Offers

  • An Overview of GDPR Requirements: You will learn the most relevant parts of the GDPR for most businesses today, including penalties for non compliance (up to 4% of global revenue).
  • AWS Tools for GDPR Compliance: The course covers which AWS services and tools you can use to build compliant architectures, including data protection by design and default, secure data processing, and auditing capabilities.
  • Technical Solutions Focus: Instead of focusing on paperwork, the course focuses on technical solutions you can leverage to achieve compliance using AWS.
  • Coverage of Key GDPR Articles: The course covers right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"), limitations on profiling (automated decision making with Machine Learning), and moving data into and out of the EU.

Why We Love This Course

  1. It is free. You can learn about GDPR compliance on AWS without any financial commitment.
  2. It focuses on technical solutions. The course emphasizes the AWS services and features you can leverage to achieve compliance, not just paperwork.
  3. It is taught by an AWS expert. The instructor is a Big Data and AWS Solutions Architect Consultant who has worked for Twitter and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
  4. It is popular. With over 15,000 students, the course has helped many professionals understand GDPR compliance on AWS.

If you are an individual who works with data or at an organization that has data, particularly if some end users are in Europe, this free course provides a technical overview of how to build GDPR compliant data architectures using AWS.

Course Eligibility

  • Individuals who work with data or work at an organization that has data, particularly if some end users are in Europe.
  • Data practitioners, managers, PMs, compliance officers, and executives who want to be informed about GDPR compliance steps.
  • AWS users who need to build compliant data architectures.
  • Anyone who wants to understand the technical side of GDPR compliance using AWS services.

Course Requirements

  • No prior knowledge of EU Privacy Laws (GDPR) is assumed.
  • No prior knowledge of AWS or its tools is assumed.
  • Basic familiarity with IT related concepts (databases, virtual machines, the cloud) is helpful.

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Price: Free