“The recommendat­ions may have a significant impact on the functioning of businesses and gover­n­ment bodies (like Aadhaar) on the proce­s­sing of personal data or personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals, considering that it gives a broad coverage for both public and private ent­ities, including cross border processing of data and also enforces requirements of lawful processing,”

Prashant Gupta
Partner, Grant Tho­rnton India LLP

This article appeared in Outlook India on 02nd August, 2018.