PDPL Compliance
A Practical Summary

PDPL compliance is no longer optional.
It protects your reputation, builds customer trust, and reduces risk and fines.
You can start immediately with this summary.

Why this matters now

• Faster onboarding with partners and government entities.
• Lower risk of penalties or suspension of processing.
• Higher transparency and trust with customers and employees.

Core concepts

• Personal data
  Any information that identifies a person directly or indirectly.
• Controller
  Determines the purpose and means of processing.
• Processor
  Processes data on behalf of the controller.
• Principles
  Lawfulness.
  Transparency.
  Purpose limitation.
  Data minimization.
  Accuracy.
  Security.
  Retention limits.

Simple execution roadmap 90 days

• Week 1–2
  Inventory data types and flows.
  Identify controllers and processors.
  Document the legal basis.
• Week 3–5
  Update the privacy policy.
  Create the Record of Processing Activities RoPA.
  Appoint a privacy officer.
• Week 6–8
  Apply least-privilege access controls.
  Enable encryption.
  Set secure backup and destruction.
  Train employees.
• Week 9–12
  Launch data subject request channels with clear SLA.
  Review vendor contracts and sign DPAs.
  Test the incident response plan.

Individual rights practical examples

• Access and copy.
• Correction.
• Erasure or restriction.
• Objection or withdrawal of consent.
• Data portability.

Clear request channel with identity verification and response time within 30 days.

Data Processing Agreement DPA

• Purpose and scope.
• Data types and data subject categories.
• Confidentiality and security obligations.
• No subcontracting without approval.
• Incident notification.
• Data return or destruction at contract end.
• Audit rights.

Cross-border data transfer

• Valid legal basis with contractual safeguards or equivalent protection.
• Document storage locations for each data category.

Incident management

• Detect.
• Contain.
• Analyze.
• Notify affected parties.
• Improve controls.

Central incident log including time, affected systems, data type, and number of individuals.

Retention and data disposal

• Defined and justified retention period per data category.
• Automatic retention stop when purpose ends with disposal evidence.

Fast KPIs

• RoPA completion rate.
• Average response time for rights requests.
• Training completion rate.
• Number of incidents and containment time.

This content is for general awareness and not legal advice.