Professionals are like lotus in the Pond. Everybody want to raise. In the process some want to raise above others and enter into a competing mode. What we need to appreciate is that the Lotus will raise even when the water itself raises, though every body else also raise with us.
This is the principle with which the Association of Internal Data Auditors (AIDAI) wishes to develop.
Independent Data Auditor is the statutory auditor designated under Section 10 of DPDPA to “evaluate the compliance of the Significant Data Fiduciary in accordance with the provisions of this Act”.
This is a new profession created by DPDPA 2023 and is different from the IS audit or other kinds of audits involving “Data” for different purposes. For example an Advocate audits contracts of an organization to check if all vendors are properly bound by contract for Data Protection. A Chartered Accountant checks data to audit the financial transactions or a potential fraud. A Cost accountant checks data to evaluate the cost of creation and holding or pricing for sale. A Company secretary evaluated compliance of an organization to different provisions of the Companies Act.
All of them are well equipped to be “Data Auditor as envisaged under DPDPA 2023”.
FDPPI envisages that the future set of “Data Auditors” is not limited to “Privacy Auditors” who might have acquired a qualification as a “Certified DPO” or equivalent. It is a huge lake of professionals from multiple professions focussing on one goal…”Make India DPDPA Compliant”.
AIDAI or the Association of Independent Data Auditors a part of FDPPI aims to bring together all these professionals into a single forum.
Today at 11.00 am, a brief interaction has been arranged to discuss the role of an Independent Auditor in India and how AIDAI proposes to go about this work.
Naavi
Principle to note: ಜಲವೃದ್ಧ್ಯಾ ವರ್ಧತೇ ಪದ್ಮಂ (Jala Vridhya, vardhate Padmam)
