NITDA Issues Notice On Filing Of 2020 Annual Audit Report

Summary

On 27 February 2020, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) notified all Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCOs) that Data Controllers, Data Processors and other concerned entities that submitted the statutory Initial Data Audit Report between 2019 and 15 March 2020 are exempted from submitting the 2020 Annual Data Audit Report.

Details

In January 2019, NITDA issued the NDPR to regulate organizations that collect and process personal data of individuals (Data Controllers). The NDPR requires Data Controllers to conduct a mandatory data protection audit of their organizations and file the audit report with NITDA through a Data Protection Compliance Organization (DPCO) within six months from the issuance of the NDPR (i.e. 25 July 2019). This timeline was however extended till 25 October 2019.