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title: "DPDP Act (DPDPA) Compliance Checklist"
description: "A practical, actionable checklist for India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — technical safeguards, consent, breach notification, and Significant Data Fiduciary obligations."
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  - DPDPA checklist
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  - India data protection compliance checklist
  - Significant Data Fiduciary checklist
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# DPDP Act (DPDPA) Compliance Checklist

Use this checklist to get a fast, honest read on where your organization actually stands against India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. It's built from the same control set our [DPDP Act compliance program](/compliance/dpdp-act) maps to — not a generic privacy checklist repurposed for India.

## Governance & Accountability

- [ ] Appointed a Data Protection Officer (mandatory for Significant Data Fiduciaries, India-based)
- [ ] Designated an independent data auditor for periodic assessments
- [ ] Documented a personal data processing register — what you collect, why, and where it's stored
- [ ] Completed a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for high-risk processing activities
- [ ] Assigned clear internal ownership for DPDP Act compliance (not "everyone's job")

## Consent & Notice

- [ ] Consent requests are specific, itemized, and not bundled into a blanket "accept all"
- [ ] Consent can be withdrawn as easily as it was given
- [ ] Notices are available in clear language, not buried in a general privacy policy
- [ ] A Consent Manager framework is in place if you operate as one or rely on one
- [ ] Children's data (under 18) is processed only with verifiable parental consent

## Technical & Organizational Safeguards

- [ ] Personal data is encrypted at rest and in transit
- [ ] Identity-centric access controls are enforced — RBAC, MFA, least privilege
- [ ] Network segmentation and intrusion detection are in place around systems holding personal data
- [ ] Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests run on a continuous, not annual, cadence
- [ ] Third-party vendors with data access have been risk-assessed (see our [Vendor Risk Checklist](/checklists/vendor-risk-assessment))

## Breach Detection & Notification

- [ ] A documented breach response plan exists, with named owners and escalation paths
- [ ] Monitoring is continuous enough to detect a breach in hours, not months
- [ ] A process exists to notify the Data Protection Board of India and affected individuals without delay
- [ ] Breach notification timelines are rehearsed, not just written down

## Cross-Border Transfers & Data Fiduciary Obligations

- [ ] Cross-border data transfer mechanisms comply with Section 16 requirements
- [ ] Significant Data Fiduciary thresholds have been assessed against your user base and data volume
- [ ] Data retention and deletion schedules are defined and enforced, not indefinite by default

## Where Alastor InfoSec Fits

[Alastor Shield](/products/alastor-shield) automates evidence collection against this exact checklist — DPIA workflows, consent audit trails, and breach-readiness documentation, continuously kept current instead of assembled once a year before an audit. [Alastor Pulse](/products/alastor-pulse) and [Dark Web Monitoring](/features/dark-web-monitoring) close the detection gap that trips up most breach notification timelines.

[Talk to our team](/about-us) for a free DPDP Act (DPDPA) readiness assessment scored against this checklist.