Navigate India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act — from data fiduciary obligations and consent management to grievance redressal and cross-border transfer compliance.
The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 establishes India's comprehensive data protection framework. Whether you're a data fiduciary processing Indian citizens' data domestically or a global organization with Indian users, we help you build a compliance program that meets the Act's requirements and the rules being issued by the Government of India.
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 establishes obligations for Data Fiduciaries (organizations that determine the purpose and means of processing personal data) including lawful processing based on consent or legitimate uses, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, and reasonable security safeguards. It also creates strong rights for Data Principals (individuals) including right to information, correction, erasure, and grievance redressal.
The Act applies to personal data processed digitally — both data collected online and data collected offline that is subsequently digitized. It has extraterritorial application, covering organizations outside India that process Indian citizens' data in connection with offering goods or services. Non-compliance can result in penalties up to ₹250 crore (approximately $30 million) per violation.
Comprehensive evaluation of your data processing practices against the DPDP Act's requirements — identifying gaps in consent management, data handling, security safeguards, rights fulfillment, and governance, with a prioritized remediation roadmap.
Design and implement a consent management framework that meets DPDP's notice and consent requirements — including informed consent collection, purpose-specific consent, consent withdrawal mechanisms, and consent record maintenance.
Build the workflows, verification procedures, and response mechanisms needed to fulfill Data Principal rights — access, correction, erasure, grievance redressal, and nomination — within prescribed timelines.
Establish the Data Protection Officer / grievance redressal mechanism the DPDP Act requires — including complaint intake, response procedures, escalation workflows, and documentation.
Evaluate your international data transfers against the DPDP Act's cross-border provisions — identifying restricted jurisdictions, implementing required safeguards, and establishing transfer documentation.
Implement the 'reasonable security safeguards' the Act requires — covering encryption, access controls, data breach detection, incident response, and the mandatory breach notification to the Data Protection Board of India.
Meet the DPDP Act's mandatory requirements — avoiding penalties of up to ₹250 crore per violation from the Data Protection Board of India.
If you process Indian citizens' data from outside India, the Act applies to you. Early compliance avoids enforcement exposure as rules are finalized.
Demonstrable compliance with India's data protection law builds trust with Indian consumers and enterprise customers who increasingly demand privacy accountability.
DPDP shares principles with GDPR. Organizations already GDPR-compliant have a strong foundation — we help you bridge the gaps specific to India's Act.
The consent management, data handling, and security safeguard requirements of DPDP drive broader operational improvements in how your organization manages personal data.
The Government of India is still issuing rules under the DPDP Act. Building your compliance program now positions you ahead of enforcement when rules are finalized.
We combine DPDP expertise with deep knowledge of RBI, IRDAI, UIDAI, and SEBI requirements — providing integrated compliance for Indian regulated entities that face overlapping data protection obligations.
For organizations with both GDPR and DPDP obligations, we design unified privacy programs that satisfy both frameworks — avoiding duplicative, law-specific compliance silos.
We build consent management systems, rights fulfillment workflows, and grievance mechanisms that work in practice — integrating with your existing technology stack and business processes.
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