AI Governance Beyond GDPR
Paul Imre
Data Privacy Educator | AI Governance
The EU AI Act is live. GDPR alone won't govern it.
Your organisation is adopting AI. AI governance has landed on your desk, whether your job title says so or not. The EU AI Act is already here, and the instincts that made you effective at GDPR are about to be tested somewhere they don't fully reach.
Lawful basis. Records of processing. DPIAs. That's how GDPR taught you to govern personal data. AI asks a different question: who gets the blame when things go wrong. That means shifting your thinking from data to decisions.
In two hours, you'll get more than an overview of the rules. You'll get a framework you can actually use. Five questions to bring into any AI conversation. A quick way to sort AI use cases by real risk. A clear view of where your existing skills already put you ahead.
This isn't a walkthrough of the AI Act. It's a different way to think about governance, borrowed from how health and safety turned a compliance box-tick into a culture. Built for DPOs, privacy leaders, risk professionals and operational leaders now expected to lead on AI, not just record it.
Take the course on a Friday. Walk in different on Monday.
What you’ll learn
You'll shift from compliance officer to AI governance leader, trusted to shape decisions rather than just record them.
Ask what decision the AI is shaping, what happens if it's wrong, and who answers for it.
Use one framework across every AI conversation, from project reviews to board briefings.
Sort any AI use case into paddock, hillside or cliff edge in minutes, not months.
Replace one flat AI policy with governance that matches the real consequence of failure.
Recognise when a human-in-the-loop step is legitimising a decision rather than checking it.
Ask the one question that exposes false reassurance: what if nobody was watching?
Walk away knowing which GDPR instincts to trust, and which ones to set aside.
Stop applying a data-protection lens to problems that are really about decisions.
Set up a 15-minute AI governance huddle with the right people in the room, no slide deck needed.
Replace annual audits with an ongoing conversation, borrowed from health and safety culture.
Identify the AI system nobody can currently pause, and ask who holds the emergency brake.
Close ownership gaps before a regulator, customer or court asks the question first.
Learn directly from Paul
Paul Imre
Data Privacy Educator & AI Governance guide, from checklist to culture
Who this course is for
DPOs and privacy leads who've been handed AI governance without a new title, team or budget.
Risk and compliance professionals building the case for how AI should be governed, and by whom
Operational and product leaders deploying AI who need to prove it's governed, not just working.
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of GDPR
A working understanding of GDPR (awareness of the EU AI Act would be helpful).
An AI use case from your organisation
Whatever stage it's at: scoping, design, live, piloting, or stuck trying to get out of pilot.
A stake in how AI gets governed
New to this or years in, you want to shape these decisions, not just record them.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Paul Imre in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
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Course syllabus
Week 1
Apply the Farmer's Five Questions to a real AI decision
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2 hrs
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