Privacy is considered to be an international fundamental human right and it has become imperative for us to protect it given its vulnerable nature.

The GDPR was adopted by the European Union in 2016, with the aim to better protect EU citizens from privacy and data breaches. Aimed at data controllers and processors who process personal data on EU individuals, the GDPR has extra-territorial applicability and will also be effective to any person or organization outside Europe that holds or uses the personal data of a European citizen. 25th of May 2018 is the day in Europe that all data protection requirements of businesses will have to be changed.

In Mauritius, the new Data Protection Act 2017 has been released to align our legal framework with the EU GDPR and to cement Mauritius’ position in Africa at the forefront of technological innovation, international data sharing and protection of personal data.

ITL places utmost importance on the privacy of its clients and has already embarked on the journey to realign itself with the new Mauritius Data Protection Act 2017 and with GDPR requirements, in view to ensure the continued delivery of first class service to its clients.