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The Puttaswamy judgment (2017) established privacy as a fundamental right, but there was no legislation governing how personal data actually flowed. This piece sets up the "before and after" — what was the regulatory vacuum, and what does DPDPA 2023 fill in? Accessible explainer for a general audience.
Explore MoreThe entire law is built on a three-party relationship. The Data Principal owns the data, the Data Fiduciary is entrusted with it (and holds legal responsibility), and the Data Processor acts on the Fiduciary's behalf. Getting these definitions right is foundational to understanding every obligation and right in the Act.
Explore MoreThe Act is consent-first. But consent isn't just a checkbox. This piece unpacks what constitutes valid, informed, and specific consent — including the new multi-language consent requirement — and why vague terms-and-conditions-style consent won't hold up.
Explore MoreThree principles underpin every data transaction under the law — you can only collect data for a stated purpose, only as much as needed, and only for as long as necessary. This is a plain-language breakdown of these three pillars with real-world analogies to make them tangible.
Explore MoreIndividuals can inquire about what data is held on them, request deletion, and understand where their data sits. This piece demystifies these rights in practical terms — what you can ask, who you ask it to, and what the obligated response looks like.
Explore MoreOne of the more innovative elements of the rules: individuals can designate a nominee to manage their digital data after incapacitation or death. This is genuinely new legal territory and worth a standalone explainer covering scope, implications, and how it works.
Explore MoreHospitals and health-tech platforms collect among the most sensitive personal data. Applying purpose limitation and retention restrictions to medical records, lab results, and diagnostic data — and what verifiable consent looks like in a clinical setting — makes this a high-stakes vertical to unpack.
Explore MoreThe Act requires verifiable parental consent for anyone under 18, and fiduciaries must use technology to identify if a user is a child. EdTech platforms, gaming apps, and social platforms serving younger audiences face the most significant operational burden here.
Explore MoreFinancial institutions are simultaneously required by regulators to collect extensive KYC data and now told by DPDPA to collect only the minimum necessary. This tension — and how it gets resolved — is a rich applied topic for fintech, NBFCs, and banks.
Explore MoreThe entire personalisation and recommendation engine model is built on broad data collection. Under purpose specification, can a retailer use purchase history for inventory forecasting if they consented the user only for "order fulfilment"? A practical exploration of how data-driven commerce needs to re-examine its data use cases.
Explore MoreFiduciaries must notify both the affected Data Principal and the Data Protection Board as quickly as possible after a breach. This piece applies that obligation to real breach scenarios — what counts as a breach, what the notification should contain, and how companies with millions of users operationalise this at scale.
Explore MoreBefore any system changes, business leaders need to map where and how consent is currently collected across all touchpoints. This piece outlines the consent audit process — identifying gaps between current consent mechanisms and DPDPA's requirements — as the first practical step toward compliance.
Explore MoreThe Act places obligations on fiduciaries to ensure their data processors also comply. This means standard vendor contracts need new data processing clauses, audit rights, and liability provisions. A must-read for procurement, legal, and technology leadership.
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