“One of the best new GDPR ebooks” – BookAuthority
GDPR, DATA LOCALIZATION & INDIAN CORPORATES
Data protection as an issue has always been an area of concern for various stakeholders in the digital and mobile ecosystem. Different countries have been coming up with different national laws on data protection. European Union has recently adopted an extremely significant standard on data protection which is invariably looked up as a role model by various countries, being General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The said Regulation has come into effect from 25th May, 2018 and is expected to have a game-changing impact.
Typically, it is presumed that national legislations or regional legal frameworks should only be applicable to the respective areas of cooperation. However, the General Data Protection Regulation is different. The GDPR impacts any company anywhere in the world which is dealing, handling or processing data of people residing in the European Union. As such, GDPR becomes of tremendous importance and significance for all Indian companies who are dealing, handling or processing data pertaining to people residing in the European Union.
This Book seeks to understand the significance of GDPR from the perspective of Indian corporates. It highlights the salient features of GDPR which Indian companies need to know and also the relevance of GDPR for all companies operating in India while dealing, handling or processing data of people residing in the European Union.
Data Localization is increasingly becoming very significant for the Indian government. This book also seeks to sensitize Indian corporates of other proactive legal strategies that they need to adopt while dealing with GDPR as also data localization.
It has been written from the perspective of Indian stakeholders so that the applicability of legal instruments like GDPR as also concepts like Data Localization could be understood and appreciated in the Indian context . This book has been written in the layman’s language so that the complex nuances of these important developments could be enumerated in simple terms.
This Book should be of value to not just lawyers, legal professionals, lawyers, judges, academicians, nation states, governments but also various companies and their boards and other stakeholders, who are concerned with data processing pertaining to people residing in the European Union as also data localization.
This Book is authored by Pavan Duggal (pavanduggal.com), internationally renowned and acclaimed foremost expert on Cyber Security Law and Cyberlaw, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. The Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates ( pavanduggalassociates.com/ ) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law.
© Pavan Duggal, 2018
