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• Significant business scenarios are in making while anticipating the long awaited entry into force of the Indian Personal Data Protection Act 2020 (PDPA). Sound, proper and compliant implementation of this PDPA would need an ‘army’ of educated Indian Data Protection Officers as any organization in India will be searching for ‘applicable expertise’. Day by day every bigger and smaller firms are having dedicated privacy and data protection teams. At present, data protection often gets its standalone practice group or team as it is becoming more complex in this online global economy.
• As more and more social and economic activities have place online, the importance of privacy and data protection is increasingly recognized.
• Of equal concern is the collection, use and sharing of personal information to third parties without notice or consent of consumers. 132 out of 194 countries had put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy.
• Africa and Asia show a similar level of adoption with 55 per cent of countries having adopted such legislations from which 23 are least developed countries.
• At global level there are law firms completely dedicated to practice of privacy and data protection law. They command incredible premium from their clients.
• There are few practices as rewarding as that of privacy and data protection law thanks to deep pocketed and generous clients who are growing fast and do not hesitate to loosen their purse strings to get high quality legal advice and/or representation.
• There will be a growing demand to fill CDPO openings, especially contract positions.
• CDPO recruitment will likely accelerate as from 2021 and on into next as the enforcement deadline fast approaches.
• Being especially true for technology related positions, there is a growing expectation of IT and business staff to take on increased data privacy and protection responsibilities.
• With the focus on hiring information security, compliance and IT staff to support the GDPR regulation, technology capabilities—such as data and records management, process automation and impact assessment tools—become essential to achieving
• There are many independent technology lawyers catering to startups and SMEs with respect to processing of personal data contracts, tech regulations, investment and advisory work. This work also requires high level of skills and such lawyers make very good mo
• We are yet just scratching the surface. As many data protection laws are still nascent, the tech industry is heavily driven by foreign companies. This is expected to change as indigenous companies are developing and maturing.
• India has world’s largest and cheapest technology talent. This is the biggest reason behind inevitable growth of Indian tech industry in years to come. There is a lot to be done in the next 5 years. As a result, certified data protection specialists are on very high demand.
• Government is increasingly empaneling and employing many privacy and data protection specialists as it is entering into various personal data agreements as it is implementing data protection security in various aspects of governance.