Live
- Bengal: Senior resident doctor accused of rape, attempt to murder absconding
- Prateeksha Srivastava says she seldom meets fellow music composers Rusha, Blizza, in person
- KTR Accuses Government of Brutality Against Farmers, Calls for Immediate Action
- Manchu Manoj Attends Shooting Amid Family Controversy
- BWF World Tour Finals: Treesa-Gayatri defeat Malaysian pair to keep semis hopes alive
- MUDA case: Complainant Krishna asks Lokayukta to file new plaint on CM Siddaramaiah on ED’s report
- Airport capex in India to cross Rs 60,000 cr in fiscals 2025-2027 to handle growing traffic: Crisil
- Five-Year-Old Boy Dies After 55-Hour Rescue from Borewell in Rajasthan's Dausa
- Chaos in Parliament over Congress-George Soros link claims, BJP MP poses questions
- Bus Driver Arrested After Deadly Accident in Mumbai’s Kurla; 42 Injured
Who will GDPR impact?
With the European Union\'s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR coming into effect on 23 May, Microsoft India has said that the law will herald a new era in consumer trust. Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari on May 23 said the company vows to extend the core rights guaranteed under the new regulations to all of its customers worldwide.
With the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR coming into effect on 23 May, Microsoft India has said that the law will herald a new era in consumer trust. Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari on May 23 said the company vows to extend the core rights guaranteed under the new regulations to all of its customers worldwide. "This is a golden opportunity for India to drive thought leadership in the global market," Maheshwari said in a blogpost.
GDPR is the new European Union privacy law, approved in 2016 jointly by European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. GDPR will replace the existing European Data Protection Directive (which btw, came into the picture in 1995), which will be in effect until May 25, 2018. Post this date, GDPR will supersede and all the laws attached to data protection will be governed by GDPR.
GDPR aims to bring all the EU member states under one umbrella by enforcing a single data protection law. GDPR is intended to put guidelines and regulations on how data is processed, used, stored or exchanged. Should I be concerned about it — Who is it for? GDPR applies to all the organizations that are registered in EU or have an establishment or subsidiary in EU.
It also applies to an organization which sells goods or services to citizens of the EU and process or monitor the personal data of EU residents (Note: Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person). In simple words, if your business is established in EU or part of your customer base is located in EU, you must comply with GDPR. The specific criteria for organizations that are required to comply are: A presence in any EU country; No presence in the EU, but the organisation processes personal data of EU citizens; More than 250 employees;
Fewer than 250 employees but the organization’s practices impact the rights and freedoms of EU citizens or include certain types of sensitive personal data. That effectively means approximately all companies. A PwC survey showed that 92 percent of U.S. companies consider GDPR a top data protection priority, according to hackermoon.com.
