Data Privacy · Module 05
A systematic process to evaluate and manage the privacy risk of any project, initiative or technology that processes personal data — before it reaches production.
Primary DPDP sectionsSec. 10(2)
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Frameworks from one description
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Activities under live assessment
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Answers ungrounded in your evidence
Figures illustrative.
How it works
Describe a processing activity once, then assess it under any regime. Every answer is grounded in the evidence you uploaded.
Processing activity
Nature, scope, context and purpose captured once, versioned, with necessity and proportionality tested.
DPDP
Sec. 10(2)(c)
GDPR
Art. 35 DPIA
EU AI Act
Algorithmic due diligence
CPPA · LGPD · Colorado
Regional equivalents
UK ICO · TIA · LIA
Transfer and interest tests
Residual risk graded and signed off by a named owner, so “appropriate measures” is demonstrable rather than declarative.
Capability
Assessments triggered from the design phase and carried through the project lifecycle, rather than retrofitted at launch.
One assessment mapped to GDPR DPIA, DPDP and other regimes, with documentation held ready for regulatory review.
Identify what needs a PIA; assess nature, scope, context and purpose; evaluate and mitigate risk to rights and freedoms.
Privacy risk found and priced before it ships — and a documented assessment record ready for a Board inquiry or an independent auditor without a scramble.
DPDP alignment
What the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 requires, and the control that satisfies it.
| Section | What the Act requires | How the product satisfies it |
|---|---|---|
| Sec. 10(2)(c)(i) | A Significant Data Fiduciary must undertake periodic Data Protection Impact Assessments. | Assessments run on a defined schedule per processing activity, with completion, findings and residual risk tracked as a live posture rather than an annual artefact. |
| Sec. 10(2)(c)(ii) | A Significant Data Fiduciary must undertake periodic audit. | Assessment findings feed the audit workflow directly, so the auditor tests against the same record the business used to make the decision. |
| Sec. 10(2)(a) | Appoint a Data Protection Officer based in India, answerable to the board or its equivalent. | The DPO is a first-class role in the workflow with named approval gates, so accountability is recorded per decision rather than asserted in a policy. |
| Sec. 10(2)(c)(iii) | Undertake such other measures as prescribed, including due diligence of algorithmic software that may risk the rights of Data Principals. | Algorithmic due diligence is a dedicated assessment type covering model purpose, training data provenance, bias testing and human oversight. |
| Sec. 8(4) | Implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure effective observance of the Act. | Every mitigation decision is recorded against the processing activity it protects, so “appropriate measures” is demonstrable rather than declarative. |
Sec. 10 failures carry up to ₹150 Cr. SDF notification is at the Central Government's discretion by class of fiduciary — an enterprise can become subject to these duties without changing anything it does.
Solutions by industry
The sectors carrying the most DPDP exposure for this control, each with its own threat model and regulators.
A DPDP readiness walkthrough maps your obligations to the controls that already exist, and names the gaps that do not.
