DPIAs under DPDPA: Moving Beyond Mandate to Meaningful Risk Awareness
As India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) begins to move from paper to practice, one thing is becoming increasingly clear—compliance, by itself, is not going to be enough. Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), especially for Significant Data Fiduciaries (SDFs), are a good example of this. While the law positions DPIAs as a requirement, their…
Data Audits under DPDPA: The Accountability Imperative for SDFs
As companies are grappling to comply with DPDPA in less than 15 months from now, a key requirement for Significant Data Fiduciaries (SDF) is to conduct an annual Data Audit under Section 10. This requirement directly correlates to the fundamental privacy principle of accountability. Organizations based in India, especially those that pose a high risk…
The Invisible Juggle of a Dad
There is a specific kind of silence that hits you when you close the front door to head out for work. If you’re a father, you know that silence well enough. It’s the moment the morning chaos—the giggles, the half-eaten breakfast, the tiny hands grabbing at your trousers—suddenly stops, replaced by the hum of the…
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP) 2026- Practical Implementation Strategy
On November 13th 2025, The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (or ‘The Rules’) was notified by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India which was a landmark day for the privacy community in India. The Rules lay out clear guidance on how Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 should be interpreted and provides more…
Consumer Driven Data Privacy Compliance – An inevitable future
Awareness regarding consumer protection is increasing rapidly and organizations are in need of implementing mechanisms to process consumer personal data in a secure manner. Though not markets internationally are mature w.r.t privacy compliance, the maturity is increasing gradually. For example, if we take European Union back in 2016 started talking about a comprehensive personal data…
'Pause, Reflect, Respond' – PRR Cycle to tackle difficult situations
We humans are emotional beings and often tend to react to various situations. Reaction may or may not be in favor of what we intend to achieve. Thus it is important to take a pause from the situation we are in before we react. Situations we face each day are dynamic and requires new way…