Practice C

DPDPA 2023 / Data Protection Advisory

Advisory from India's early data protection practitioners — CPD Certified DPO, former Designated Data Protection Officer at Piramal Finance, GDPR Practitioner (ISACA).

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DPDPA Compliance — End to End

DPDPA Readiness Assessment

Gap assessment of current data processing activities against DPDPA obligations — identifying high-risk gaps and building a sequenced remediation roadmap.

DPO Programme Design

Building and operationalising the Data Protection Officer role — mandate, reporting lines, board visibility, and regulatory interface.

Consent Framework

Consent mechanism design, consent records management, withdrawal of consent workflows, and purpose limitation controls.

Data Principal Rights

Right to access, right to correction, right to erasure, and right to nominate — process design and turnaround time compliance.

Vendor & Data Processor Contracts

Review of vendor agreements for data processing clauses, processor obligations, sub-processor controls, and cross-border data transfer provisions.

Breach Notification Programme

Incident detection, internal escalation, CERT-In notification, Data Protection Board notification, and data principal communication.

DPIA Framework

Data Protection Impact Assessment — when to conduct, how to document, and board/committee review process.

Children's Data Provisions

Age verification, parental consent, and restrictions on processing children's personal data under Section 9 of the Act.

Penalty Exposure Under DPDPA

Failure to implement security safeguards
Up to ₹250 Crore
Failure to notify breach
Up to ₹200 Crore
Non-fulfilment of data principal rights
Up to ₹50 Crore
Violation of children's data provisions
Up to ₹200 Crore

The right starting point is a structured gap assessment — mapping your current data processing activities against DPDPA obligations, identifying the highest-risk gaps, and building a sequenced remediation roadmap. This is not a legal exercise alone. It requires someone who understands your LOS, your vendor contracts, your bureau data pipelines, and your RBI compliance obligations simultaneously.

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