DPDP Act Compliance
End-to-end compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 — from gap assessment and consent architecture to Data Protection Board readiness and breach response frameworks.
Why DPDP Act Compliance
Matters Now
The challenges organisations face in this space are growing in complexity and urgency. Here is what is driving the conversation.
The DPDP Act 2023 was notified on November 13, 2025, with core provisions effective by May 13, 2027. Organizations have 18 months to build compliance programs from scratch — and most haven't started.
Penalties up to ₹250 crore for security failures, ₹200 crore for breach notification failures, and ₹200 crore for violations involving children's data make non-compliance an existential business risk, not just a legal concern.
The Act requires verifiable consent with purpose limitation, data principal rights infrastructure, grievance redressal within 90 days, and retrospective privacy notices for data processed before the Act. Most organizations lack the technical architecture for any of this.
Organizations designated as Significant Data Fiduciaries face additional obligations including mandatory Data Protection Officers, independent data audits, and Data Protection Impact Assessments — requiring specialized expertise most companies don't have in-house.
How We
Deliver
A structured methodology that ensures rigour, transparency, and measurable outcomes at every stage.
Data Discovery & Mapping
We map every personal data flow across your organization — collection points, processing purposes, storage locations, third-party transfers, and retention periods — to establish your DPDP Act compliance baseline.
Gap Assessment & Risk Scoring
We assess your current practices against every DPDP Act obligation and DPDP Rules 2025 requirement, scoring gaps by regulatory risk, penalty exposure, and implementation complexity to prioritize your compliance roadmap.
Consent & Notice Framework
We design your consent architecture — purpose-specific collection, withdrawal mechanisms, retrospective notices for existing data, and verifiable parental consent for children — integrated with your existing digital platforms.
Technical Implementation
We build the technical infrastructure — data principal rights portals, grievance redressal systems, breach detection and notification workflows, encryption and access controls — aligned with the reasonable security safeguards mandated by DPDP Rules 2025.
Governance & Training
We establish the governance layer — DPO appointment support, privacy governance committees, data processing agreements with vendors, employee training programs, and board-level privacy reporting frameworks.
Audit Readiness & Monitoring
We prepare your organization for Data Protection Board scrutiny — compliance documentation, audit trails, DPIA reports, and ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained compliance as enforcement begins in May 2027.
DPDP Act Compliance
Capabilities
Comprehensive solutions designed to address your most critical challenges and unlock lasting value.
DPDP Gap Assessment
Comprehensive assessment of your current data processing activities against DPDP Act requirements — mapping personal data flows, identifying compliance gaps, and prioritizing remediation across legal, technical, and operational dimensions.
Consent Architecture & Management
Design and implementation of consent collection, storage, and withdrawal mechanisms that meet DPDP Act standards — including purpose-specific consent, verifiable parental consent for children's data, and integration with your digital platforms.
Data Protection Impact Assessment
Structured DPIAs aligned with DPDP Act and Rules 2025 requirements — assessing processing risks, documenting safeguards, and producing audit-ready reports for the Data Protection Board and internal governance.
Privacy Notice & Rights Infrastructure
Drafting multilingual privacy notices (22 scheduled languages per DPDP Act requirement), building data principal rights request mechanisms, and establishing grievance redressal processes within the mandated 90-day timeline.
Breach Response Framework
Building incident detection, assessment, and notification processes — ensuring timely reporting to the Data Protection Board and affected Data Principals as required by the Act, with board communication templates and regulatory coordination support.
Significant Data Fiduciary Compliance
Specialized advisory for organizations designated as SDFs — including DPO appointment, independent audit program design, algorithmic fairness assessments, and enhanced governance frameworks required under Sections 10 and 11 of the Act.
Standards &
Frameworks
Key regulations and standards that shape our dpdp act compliance engagements.
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