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Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

Get your organisation DPDPA-ready, with confidence.

India’s DPDP Act changes how every business must collect, use and protect personal data. SICHERTEN helps you close the gap, from assessment to a running, audit-ready programme.

  • Clear gap assessment against the Act’s obligations, where you stand, what’s missing.
  • Consent, notice, data-mapping and Data Principal rights, implemented end-to-end.
  • DPO-as-a-Service and ongoing governance so compliance stays live, not one-off.
  • Delivered by a CERT-In empanelled team with deep Indian regulatory experience.
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What the Act means

The DPDPA touches almost every organisation.

If you handle the personal data of individuals in India, customers, employees or users, the Act applies to you as a Data Fiduciary. Here’s what it asks of you.

Data Principal rights

Individuals can access, correct, erase and raise grievances about their personal data, you need processes to honour that.

Consent & notice

Clear, itemised notice and free, specific, informed consent, with an easy way to withdraw it.

Data mapping & purpose

Know what personal data you hold, why, where it flows and how long you keep it.

Significant Data Fiduciaries

Higher-volume or higher-risk processing brings extra duties, DPO, audits and impact assessments.

Children’s data

Verifiable parental consent and a ban on tracking or targeted advertising to children.

Breach notification

Report personal-data breaches to the Data Protection Board and affected individuals.

Up to ₹250 crore

The cost of getting it wrong

The DPDP Act provides for financial penalties of up to ₹250 crore per instance for failure to take reasonable security safeguards, plus further penalties across other obligations. Readiness is far cheaper than a breach.

How we help

A complete DPDPA programme, one partner.

Start wherever you are, a quick gap check, a full build, or an embedded DPO. Each links to the detail.

DPDPA Gap Assessment

A structured review of your current state against the Act, with a prioritised remediation roadmap.

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Implementation & remediation

Notices, consent flows, records, retention and rights workflows, built and embedded in your operations.

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DPO-as-a-Service

An experienced Data Protection Officer embedded to run and represent your privacy programme.

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Data mapping & RoPA

Discovery of personal data, data-flow maps and records of processing across your systems.

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Readiness assessment

A deeper readiness engagement to get you demonstrably compliant and audit-ready.

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vCISO & governance

Ongoing leadership to keep privacy and security controls live as your business changes.

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What you get

Outcomes you can show a regulator.

  • DPDPA gap & maturity reportWhere you stand today, mapped to each obligation, with a prioritised action plan.
  • Notices & consent artefactsCompliant privacy notices and consent and withdrawal mechanisms.
  • Records of processing & data mapsA defensible inventory of personal data and its flows.
  • Rights & grievance workflowsProcesses to handle Data Principal requests within timelines.
  • Breach response playbookA tested plan to detect, contain and report personal-data breaches.
  • Ongoing governanceDPO support and reviews so compliance stays current.

Works with your other obligations

We align DPDPA with the frameworks you already run, so one programme satisfies many requirements.

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FAQ

DPDPA, answered

Who needs to comply with the DPDPA?
Broadly, any organisation that determines the purpose and means of processing the personal data of individuals in India, whether customers, employees or users. Most businesses qualify as Data Fiduciaries. We help confirm your role and obligations.
We already do ISO 27001 / SOC 2, isn’t that enough?
Those strengthen security, but the DPDPA adds specific privacy duties, consent, notice, Data Principal rights and retention, that security certifications don’t fully cover. We map what you have and close the privacy-specific gaps.
How long does DPDPA readiness take?
It depends on your size and data complexity. A gap assessment is typically a few weeks; full implementation runs longer. We scope it precisely after the first consultation.
Do we need a Data Protection Officer?
Significant Data Fiduciaries are required to appoint one, and many other organisations benefit from the role. Our DPO-as-a-Service gives you an experienced officer without a full-time hire.
What does the free consultation cover?
A 30-minute call to understand your data, your current state and your priorities, after which we suggest a practical, no-obligation path forward.

Not sure which deadline applies to you? Our reference guide sets out every DPDPA date, the phased commencement milestones and the ongoing 72-hour, 90-day and 48-hour operational clocks.

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Start your DPDPA journey today.

Book a free 30-minute consultation with a CERT-In empanelled specialist, and get a clear, practical view of what compliance takes for your organisation.

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