MAN POWER DATA – Impact of the Digital Personal Data protection Act, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of India's employment market; there has been an increase in manpower recruitment agencies that play a pivotal role in matching talent with opportunities across diverse industries. These agencies embrace digital transformation and are amassing vast troves of sensitive personal data from employment seekers and employers alike. The entire working of such agencies depends and revolves around the personal data of the employment seekers and the data of the employers, so that appropriate employment opportunities are provided and vacancies are filled by skilled people. Thus, it can be said that such agencies altogether deal in bulk personal data. In an era where data has become an invaluable commodity and data leaks/data theft are at an all time rise, the need to regulate the collection, storage, transfer and utilization of such information is more crucial than ever. India now has the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) that has been introduced to regulate such entities across various domains/industries that collect, store, utilize and process digital personal of the citizens and ensure that such data is kept in safe hands that protect the data.