Two of the world's most demanding data privacy regimes — and you need to comply with both
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA) are the two most significant data privacy laws affecting organisations with cross-border operations involving Europe and India. For EU companies with Indian operations, Indian companies with EU customers, and global multinationals operating in both jurisdictions — dual compliance is not optional. It is mandatory.
While the GDPR and DPDPA share a common philosophy — giving individuals control over their personal data — they differ significantly in their specific requirements, definitions, enforcement mechanisms, and cross-border transfer rules. Organisations that attempt to apply their GDPR programme to India without India-specific adaptation consistently find compliance gaps at the precise points where the two frameworks diverge.
AMLEGALS delivers dual GDPR-DPDPA compliance programmes that are unified, efficient, and legally defensible under both frameworks. Our approach eliminates duplication, resolves conflicts, and builds a single governance architecture that meets both sets of obligations — reducing cost, reducing risk, and positioning your organisation for enforcement readiness in both jurisdictions.
If any of the following describe your organisation, you need a dual GDPR-DPDPA programme
EU/UK Company with India Operations
- EU company with Indian subsidiary
- EU company with Indian outsourcing / BPO
- EU SaaS / platform with Indian users
- EU e-commerce with Indian customers
- EU pharma / healthcare with India clinical operations
Indian Company with EU Operations
- Indian IT/ITES company processing EU client data
- Indian SaaS / product company with EU customers
- Indian company with EU subsidiary or staff
- Indian fintech / payment company with EU users
- Indian pharma with EU clinical trial participants