{"id":14,"date":"2026-06-20T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/?p=14"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:12:18","slug":"navigating-india-dpdp-act-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Personal Data Protection Act introduces a principles-based framework that materially changes how Indian and foreign businesses process personal data. While the broad strokes echo GDPR, several India-specific provisions deserve careful structuring before enforcement begins.<\/p>\n<p>Companies should treat compliance as a board-level program, not a checkbox: appoint a Data Protection Officer where mandated, redesign consent flows, and ensure vendor contracts allocate liability under the Act.<\/p>\n<p>We expect the first wave of enforcement to focus on consent capture, breach notification timelines, and cross-border transfer documentation. Early movers will be measurably advantaged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What boards and general counsel need to know about India&#8217;s new privacy regime \u2014 from consent architecture to cross-border transfers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparklestudios.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}