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DPDPA Operations for Indian Organisations

Practical materials for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: consent & notices, DSAR handling, DPIA processes, data inventory and lineage, vendor oversight, incident response, and governance. Neutral, audit-ready artefacts aligned with OECD, ISO/IEC 27701 and NIST PF.

Consent DSAR DPIA Inventory & Lineage Vendor Risk Incidents
Privacy dashboard
Consent & Preferences
Purposes, receipts, withdrawal, CMP v2.
DSAR
Intake, ID checks, SLA clocks, redactions.
DPIA & Risk
Templates, approvals, residual risk.
Lineage
Systems, flows, retention, transfers.

Scope

Consent, DSAR, DPIA, data inventory & lineage, vendor oversight, incidents.

Records

Policies, approvals, logs, and evidence suitable for review.

Sectors

BFSI, Healthcare, Manufacturing, IT/ITeS, Real Estate, Retail.

Governance

Roles and review cadences with board-readable summaries.

Six Pillars of DPDPA Operations

Workflows, controls, audit trails, dashboards, and evidence—adapted from global best practices for India.

Consent & Preferences

Consent & Preferences

  • Granular purposes; layered notices; refresh & withdrawals.
  • Consent receipts; immutable logs; multi-channel SDKs.
  • Children’s data flags; verifiable parental consent.
DSAR

Data Subject Rights (DSAR)

  • Intake; risk-proportionate ID checks; fraud flags.
  • Clock-based SLAs; exemptions; redaction; secure delivery.
  • Metrics: cycle time, exemption rate, re-open rate.
DPIA & Risk

DPIA & Risk

  • Harms → mitigations → residual risk; approvals & re-review.
  • Templates: HR, Marketing, CCTV, Telematics, IoT.
  • Evidence packs and versioned outputs.
Inventory & Lineage

Data Inventory & Lineage

  • System registry: purposes, legal grounds, retention, transfer tags.
  • End-to-end lineage visuals and evidence snapshots.
  • Controls library: encryption, access, minimisation.
Vendor Risk

Vendor / Processor Risk

  • Due diligence, DPAs, transfer assessments.
  • Risk heatmaps, corrective actions, renewal gates.
  • Continuous monitoring hooks.
Incidents

Breach & Incident Response

  • Severity matrix, notifier lists, timelines, comms packs.
  • Root-cause & lessons learned; chain-of-custody vault.
  • Rehearsals and board metrics.

Articles & Guidance

How-to notes tying DPDPA to OECD, ISO/IEC 27701, NIST PF and GDPR intersections, with sector examples.

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Consent architecture

Designing a Consent Architecture for India

Purpose catalogues, clear UI, consent receipts, and governance controls.

DSAR playbook

DSAR Playbook: Intake to Secure Delivery

Identity proofing, redactions, appeals, and metrics.

Data lineage

Data Lineage that Auditors Trust

Maintain accurate maps and evidence across systems.

Knowledge Bank (October 2025)

Topic-wise briefs & checklists in PDF format for practitioners.

DPDPA Readiness Checklist (Oct 2025)

Roles, policies, consent, DSAR, DPIA, inventory, vendors, incidents, metrics.

DSAR Playbook (India, Oct 2025)

Workflow from intake to delivery; identity checks; redaction; metrics.

DPIA Template Index (Oct 2025)

Template index and method with standards references.

Cross-Border Transfers & TIA Guide (Oct 2025)

Records, mechanisms, approvals, monitoring.

Children’s Data & Age-Gating (Oct 2025)

Design patterns, parental consent, oversight.

Frequently Asked Questions (DPDPA — Practitioner Grade)

Lawful grounds for processing under DPDPA
DPDPA recognises consent and specified legitimate uses (voluntary provision, state functions, compliance with law, employment purposes, emergencies). Select the ground per purpose; keep a register to prevent purpose creep.
  • Record the ground at collection and in notices.
  • Re-assess if new purposes emerge.
Consent collection, withdrawal, and receipts
Use itemised notices and affirmative action. Issue a consent receipt with timestamp, actor, purpose, and channel. Allow withdrawal through the same or easier route; stop processing unless another ground applies.
  • Synchronise preferences across web/app/PoS.
  • Propagate withdrawals to processors.
DSAR timelines, verification, and delivery
Provide intake with case IDs, perform risk-based ID verification, and respond within the statutory period with secure delivery. Track exemptions and keep immutable logs.
  • Clock SLAs from acknowledgement.
  • Store redaction rationale and evidence snapshots.
Cross-border transfers and TIAs
Transfers are allowed except to countries restricted by notification. Maintain contractual safeguards, document transfer mechanisms, run TIAs where relevant, and monitor renewals.
  • Catalogue flows with destination, processor, and mechanism.
  • Attach TIA summaries and approvals.
Children’s data and age-gating
Obtain verifiable parental consent; avoid harmful processing including tracking/targeted ads. Keep revocation and deletion pathways; log guardian approvals.
Security safeguards & breach notification
Implement reasonable technical and organisational safeguards. Maintain incident playbooks with severity matrices, containment, and notifications to the Data Protection Board and affected principals as prescribed.

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