GDPR's Influence on Indian Data Protection Practices | UpGuard

This article analyzes the GDPR and its impact on India’s data protection landscape, reviewing the limitations of the Information Technology Act and SPDI Rules, outlining the key features of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), and comparing DPDP provisions to GDPR across data definitions, subject rights, controller/processor obligations, DPIAs, breach notifications, cross-border transfers, regulatory oversight, and penalties—concluding that DPDP adopts many GDPR-inspired safeguards to strengthen India’s data privacy regime.