Introduction General Data Protection Regulations, 2018 or GDPR as it is popularly called has become the buzzword today among Indian corporates. GDPR simplistically explained is nothing but a uniform set of data protection regulations that would apply to the personal data collected within European Union from May 25, 2018. The European Union had been making efforts to create a uniform legal framework for data protection since 2012. While the GDPR regulations were notified in 2016, a two-year transition period was given to corporates to become compliant and hence, the enforcement date was fixed as May 25, 2018. Through this article, we shall try to explain the basic tenets of GDPR and what it means for Indian corporates. What is personal data? Any personally identifiable information which helps to identify an individual is included within the ambit of personal data. For instance, a person’s name, contact details, address etc. would constitute personal data. The organisation which collects such personal data and determines the manner in which it is to be used is termed as the Data Controller under the GDPR regulations and the organisation which at the instructions of the Data Controller processes such data is called the Data Processor. The …
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