Category Archives: Privacy

Data is Life: Why DGPSI Treats Every Hospital as a Significant Data Fiduciary

The basic objective of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) is to give individuals a right to protect their privacy through the regulated management of personal data while it is processed by third parties. How we arrived at that … Continue reading

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Attention Independent Directors

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Independent Directors and DPDPA Risk: Has the Institution Kept Pace with the Data Economy?

In corporate governance, Independent Directors play an important role in protecting shareholder interests. One of their core responsibilities is to oversee risks that may adversely affect the financial position and sustainability of the company. Traditionally, this responsibility has been interpreted … Continue reading

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Consulting Doctors and their Status: DGPSI-Hospital

We have earlier discussed the need to recognize the Governance structure of DPDPA Compliance team including the PSO or the Patient Safety officer as one of the co-owners of the compliance requirements since every data breach is also a Patient … Continue reading

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Modified Intermediary Rules for publishers

Attention is drawn to the notice issued by MeitY on 21st  April 2026 related to the draft amendments to Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 in relation to strengthening intermediary compliance with clarifications, advisories and … Continue reading

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DGPSI-Hospital ..framework for DPDPA Compliance in Hospitals taking shape

FDPPI has been a pioneer in designing a framework exclusively for compliance of DPDPA. The initial version of DGPSI incorporated the ITA 2000 and BIS draft guidelines on Data Governance and was born as a unified framework. With such a … Continue reading

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