GDPR Compliance - Implementation and Audit Support
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Overview: GDPR Compliance
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) protects personal data and privacy across the EU and EEA. GDPR applies to any organisation processing EU residents' personal data, regardless of location. Key requirements include Privacy by Design, explicit consent, the Right to be Forgotten, data protection, and timely breach notification.
GDPR Assessment Methodology: The 9-Step DPIA Process
The EU recognised the need for updated protection as technology advanced and personal data moved into cloud services. GDPR signals Europe's position on data privacy and security at a time when breaches are increasingly common. Achieving compliance is a substantial project, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises.
The GDPR Assessment Focuses On:
Identify The Need For A DPIA
Describe The Processing
Consider Consultation
Assess Necessity And Proportionality
Identify And Assess Risk
Identify Measures To Mitigate Risks
Sign Off And Record Outcomes
Integrate Outcomes Into The Plan
Keep Under Review
Identify The Need For A DPIA
Describe The Processing
Consider Consultation
Assess Necessity And Proportionality
Identify And Assess Risk
Identify Measures To Mitigate Risks
Sign Off And Record Outcomes
Integrate Outcomes Into The Plan
Keep Under Review
Does GDPR Apply To Your Organization?
Yes, in most cases where EU personal data is involved. Any organisation that handles, stores or processes the data of people in the EU falls within scope. Article 3(2) applies the regulation extraterritorially to organisations outside the EU that offer goods or services to individuals in the EU or monitor their behaviour.
You are a controller.
You decide why and how EU personal data is processed.
You are a processor.
You process EU personal data on a client's instructions.
You are a data importer.
EEA data transfers require Article 46 safeguards.
GDPR Compliance with Kratikal
Kratikal supports GDPR gap assessments, DPIAs, implementation and internal audits, preparing organisations for client audits, regulatory scrutiny and procurement reviews.
Our Approach
Data Discovery
The first and most important step toward GDPR compliance is locating data, using tools such as a Data Recording Template. This covers discovery, planning, investigation, implementation, go-live, and handover.
Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
We determine DPIA needs, assess processing, necessity, proportionality and risks, develop mitigation, document outcomes, incorporate actions into plans, and regularly review the assessment.
GDPR Program Implementation
Breach management, privacy by design, data subject access, security safeguards, accountability, third-party management, data quality and rectification, and preventive measures are the key principles for programme execution.
Ongoing Program Operation and Monitoring
Regular reviews, a GDPR audit and sustainability pack, compliance documentation, and staff training and awareness sustain the programme as a long-term model.
Why Do Organizations Need GDPR?
The GDPR regulates the transfer of personal data outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, and gives data owners the right to data portability. It compels businesses to take adequate security measures to protect customers' and employees' personal information from loss or disclosure.
Organisations should keep the following in mind:
Who Needs To Be GDPR Compliant?
SaaS companies with EU users
GCCs and IT/ITES firms serving EU clients
BFSI, NBFCs and fintech with EU customers
Any company employing staff in the EU
E-commerce and D2C brands shipping to the EU
Healthtech and diagnostics handling EU health data
Our Trust Block
Client Testimonials
Kratikal has done an excellent job in supporting us through the HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC 2 Type 2 audit. The team was proactive, knowledgeable, and highly collaborative. Special thanks to the entire support team for their timely assistance and smooth coordination throughout the process.
We had an outstanding experience with the Kratikal team, who were extremely supportive throughout the process. The team demonstrated professionalism, deep knowledge, and a high level of expertise from start to finish. Their approach to implementing GDPR guidelines in our firm was thorough and efficient.
Benefits
Audit-Ready Evidence
RoPA, DPIAs and transfer documentation auditors can actually inspect.
Procurement Questions Answered
Clears the data protection section of every European enterprise security questionnaire.
One Programme, Two Regimes
Extends into DPDP readiness rather than duplicating the effort.
Reduced Penalty Exposure
Documented compliance is the mitigating factor regulators weigh.
FAQs
Regardless of the organisation's location, the GDPR applies to any company that processes the personal data of people in the EU. Under Article 3(2) this includes organisations outside the EU offering goods or services to individuals in the EU, or monitoring their behaviour. Indian firms acting as processors for EU clients are directly in scope.
The GDPR's goal is to establish uniform data protection rules across all EU member states. Even when data is stored outside their own country, this makes it easier for people in the EU to understand how their data is used and to raise objections. It also standardises obligations for organisations operating across multiple member states.
You must take reasonable security steps to protect the personal information you collect. This is the GDPR's security requirement, known as the integrity and confidentiality principle, set out in Article 5(1)(f) and given operational shape by Article 32 on security of processing.
Yes, where EU personal data is involved. Any organisation in India that handles, stores or processes the data of EU customers must comply. Indian GCCs, IT services firms and BPOs typically act as processors under Article 28, with obligations flowing down contractually from their EU clients.
No single mandatory certificate exists. Article 42 provides for approved certification mechanisms, and certification does not reduce controller or processor responsibility. Europrivacy is the EDPB-approved European Data Protection Seal, extended in April 2026 to organisations outside the EEA subject to Article 3(2).
Yes, as of 2026. EDPB Opinion 15/2026 approved Europrivacy criteria as a transfer tool under Articles 42 and 46, the first certification mechanism approved for this purpose, sitting alongside Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules. Data importers outside Europe must combine it with binding and enforceable commitments.
Two tiers. Procedural violations such as inadequate records or missing DPIAs carry up to €10 million or 2% of global annual revenue. Severe violations including unlawful processing, breaches of data subject rights and unauthorised international transfers carry up to €20 million or 4%, whichever is higher.
They run in parallel. GDPR covers EU personal data; the DPDP Act covers digital personal data processed in India. DPDP enforcement powers begin 13 November 2026 and full substantive obligations apply from May 13, 2027. Data inventory, consent records, breach response and processor contracts serve both regimes.
Not yet. The Data Omnibus covering GDPR, ePrivacy, NIS2 and DORA remains in negotiation, with adoption not expected before late 2026 at the earliest. No proposed change has entered into force. Current obligations apply in full.