Data Privacy Compliance

DPDP Act Compliance Services

Achieve and evidence compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — from gap assessment and consent re-architecture to DPO operations and breach readiness — delivered by a CERT-In empanelled security firm that pairs legal alignment with real engineering.

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₹250 Cr

Maximum penalty per breach of security safeguards

₹200 Cr

Penalty for failing to notify a personal data breach

72 hrs

Breach intimation expectations under DPDP Rules

2023 + 2025

DPDP Act enacted; DPDP Rules operationalizing duties

What we deliver

End-to-End DPDP Compliance Services

Seven service lines covering every obligation a Data Fiduciary, Processor or Significant Data Fiduciary carries under the Act and its Rules.

DPDP Gap Assessment

Clause-by-clause readiness review against the DPDP Act 2023 and DPDP Rules — notice, consent, security safeguards, breach, retention, grievance and children's data.

Key deliverables

  • Gap register with severity
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Board-ready summary

Data Mapping & RoPA

Discover personal data across systems, vendors and business processes. Build and maintain your Record of Processing Activities with lawful purpose mapping.

Key deliverables

  • Personal data inventory
  • Data-flow diagrams
  • RoPA workbook

Consent Management

Design DPDP-compliant notice and consent journeys — free, specific, informed, unconditional, unambiguous — with verifiable audit trails and easy withdrawal.

Key deliverables

  • Consent architecture & copy
  • CMP evaluation & rollout
  • Consent audit trail design

DPO-as-a-Service

An experienced Data Protection Officer function on retainer — grievance handling, DPIA sign-off, Board reporting and Data Protection Board liaison.

Key deliverables

  • Named DPO + escalation desk
  • Grievance workflow & SLAs
  • Quarterly compliance report

Breach Readiness & Response

Breach detection-to-notification playbooks aligned to DPDP and CERT-In timelines, with tabletop simulations and regulator-grade communication templates.

Key deliverables

  • Incident response playbook
  • Notification templates
  • Tabletop exercise report

Awareness & Training

Role-based DPDP training for employees, engineering, marketing, HR and vendors — so obligations survive contact with day-to-day operations.

Key deliverables

  • Role-based curriculum
  • Phishing-style consent drills
  • Completion evidence pack

Significant Data Fiduciary (SDF) Compliance

If you are (or may be) notified as an SDF: DPIAs, periodic audits, algorithmic due diligence and resident DPO obligations — implemented and evidenced.

Key deliverables

  • DPIA framework & execution
  • Independent audit preparation
  • Algorithmic risk review
Why Digital Defense

Compliance That Survives an Audit — and an Incident

CERT-In Empanelled Auditor

Security safeguards under DPDP are audited by a CERT-In empanelled firm — the same rigor regulators expect.

Legal + Technical, Together

We pair privacy counsel-aligned interpretation with hands-on engineering: consent flows, DLP, access controls and logging that actually get deployed.

BFSI, Health & SaaS Depth

Sector playbooks for the industries with the heaviest personal-data footprint and the earliest regulatory scrutiny.

Evidence-First Delivery

Every engagement produces regulator-ready artefacts — RoPA, DPIAs, consent logs, breach drills — not just slideware.

Your DPDP compliance journey

1

Discover

Data mapping, RoPA, applicability & role analysis (Fiduciary / Processor / SDF exposure).

2

Assess

DPDP gap assessment across notice, consent, rights, security, retention and breach readiness.

3

Remediate

Consent journeys, policies, contracts (DPAs), security safeguards and grievance mechanisms implemented.

4

Operationalize

DPO function, training, breach drills, vendor governance and continuous evidence collection.

Client outcomes

What Privacy & Security Leaders Say

“Digital Defense took us from near-zero visibility to a complete RoPA and a board-approved DPDP roadmap in eight weeks. The gap register became our single source of truth for the entire remediation program.”

Chief Information Security Officer

Leading NBFC, Mumbai

“Their consent management design balanced legal defensibility with patient experience — verifiable consent across 40+ touchpoints without adding friction to care delivery.”

Data Protection Officer

Multi-specialty Hospital Chain

“As a processor serving global enterprises, we needed DPDP readiness our clients could audit. The DPA templates, transfer assessments and security mapping cut our enterprise sales cycle noticeably.”

Chief Technology Officer

B2B SaaS Platform, Bengaluru

“The breach simulation exposed notification gaps our internal tabletops never caught. When a real vendor incident hit months later, the playbook held — we met every timeline.”

Head of Legal & Compliance

E-commerce Marketplace

Case studies

DPDP Programs We Have Delivered

Client identities anonymized under NDA. Detailed references available on request during scoping.

DPDP Gap-to-Green Program for a Leading NBFC
BFSI · NBFC

DPDP Gap-to-Green Program for a Leading NBFC

Challenge

5M+ customer records across 30+ systems, no consolidated RoPA, consent buried in loan T&Cs, and an approaching regulatory audit.

Approach

Full data mapping, 40+ processing activities documented, consent re-architecture for digital lending journeys, security safeguards audit and DPO operating model.

Results

  • 92% of critical gaps closed in 6 months
  • RoPA + DPIA evidence pack accepted by internal audit
  • Consent withdrawal SLA reduced to under 24 hours
Consent Lifecycle Overhaul for a Hospital Chain
Healthcare

Consent Lifecycle Overhaul for a Hospital Chain

Challenge

1.2M patient records, paper-heavy consent, children's data processing, and no verifiable trail linking consent to processing purpose.

Approach

Purpose taxonomy, digital consent capture with audit trails, verifiable parental consent flows, retention schedules and role-based staff training across 8 facilities.

Results

  • 100% of digital touchpoints on verifiable consent
  • Children's data flows brought under verifiable parental consent
  • Breach notification drill completed within statutory timelines
Processor Readiness & SDF Preparation for a B2B SaaS Firm
Technology · SaaS

Processor Readiness & SDF Preparation for a B2B SaaS Firm

Challenge

Enterprise clients demanding contractual DPDP readiness; possible SDF notification given data volumes; cross-border processing architecture.

Approach

DPA and sub-processor framework, cross-border transfer assessment, ISO 27001-mapped security safeguards, DPIA framework and algorithmic due-diligence review.

Results

  • Enterprise security questionnaires cleared without exceptions
  • SDF obligations pre-implemented ahead of notification risk
  • Sales cycle friction on privacy clauses materially reduced
FAQ

DPDP Act — Frequently Asked Questions

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Book a DPDP Compliance Assessment

A 30-minute scoping call, followed by a fixed-fee gap assessment proposal. You will know your exposure, your role classification, and your fastest path to defensible compliance.

  • Applicability & role analysis (Fiduciary / Processor / SDF)
  • Severity-ranked gap register against the Act and Rules
  • Prioritized, costed remediation roadmap
  • Board-ready executive summary

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