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The hue and cry about RTI Act being diluted by DPDPA is misplaced.

India has been trying to get the “Privacy Protection Act” since around 2006 when the Personal Data Protection Bill 2006 (See here) was first presented in the Parliament along with the Information Technology Amendment Bill 2008 which later became a … Continue reading

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How Sound is DPDPA on Fundamentals

DPDPA 2023 has come into existence as a law on August 11, 2023. In January 2025 MeitY issued a notification of draft Rules and opened it for public comments. However till today the rules have not been notified raising the … Continue reading

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“Role Based Data Access Management” needs to be redefined for DPDPA Compliance

“Role based Data Access Management” (RBDAM) is a common principle in Data Access Management. In a properly structured RBDAM, access permissions to data is configured based on the functional role of an individual rather than an administrative designation such as … Continue reading

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Taking Control of Cookies under DPDPA

For DPOs in India, one of the grey areas of compliance to be managed is the “Cookies Consent”. Normally the Cookies are hosted on the website and the website is managed by the IT department. The content on the website … Continue reading

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Free DPDPA Evaluation for Select Companies

DPDPA Compliance is a complex process which requires discovery of personal data to which the act is applicable, Classifying it appropriately, understanding how the different sections of the Act apply to the data and determining what risks of non compliance … Continue reading

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When Do Cookies become an issue under DPDPA?

We are all aware that Cookies are hosted on websites and they collect some technical information from visitors. Normally cookies are implanted in the user’s system through at a location assigned by the browser. It is a text file and … Continue reading

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