32% of firms see technical hurdles in data law implementation: EY report

Around 32% organisations foresee technical implementation challenges with respect to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and 50% are yet to acquire relevant skills but are open to outsourcing data privacy tasks, revealed EY in its recent survey ‘The India Data Protection Readiness Report’.

Some key takeaways:

52% of the organisations are concerned about the potential impact of upcoming privacy regulations on its operations and data handling practices


32% respondents say the most significant challenge foreseen by the organisation is technical implementation challenges. They anticipate difficulties in implementing the necessary technical controls to comply with the data protection and privacy regulations

50% of the organisations claim they do not have the required skill set within their existing resources They are open to outsourcing data privacy tasks, suggesting a willingness to seek external expertise