Oct 17 ยท Week 3 โ€” Govern & Protect Data

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ DPDP

DPDP Act: What Organizations Need to Think About Now

Day 17 ยท Oct 17

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ CyberSecurity Month 2026 ยท WAIG ร— DefenAI

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India DPDP

DPDP Act: What Organizations Need to Think About Now

Focus

Rights

Notice, consent, erasure

Breach

Duty

Timely notification

RoPA

Start here

Processing inventory

  • โ—†Lawful purpose
  • โ—†Consent & notice
  • โ—†Data principal rights
  • โ—†Breach reporting
  • โ—†WAIG Foundation: GRC & DPDP awareness sessions.
  • โ—†DefenAI Labs: Compliance overlays in assurance platform.
  • โ—†Suggested comms format today: Explainer.

Privacy is a security outcome

Update RoPA for one business line

4-part action model

Governance ยท Technology ยท Resilience ยท Incident response

Map processing, consent, rights, and breach duties under India's DPDP framework.

Governance

GRC, privacy, and accountability for DPDP.

Technology

Encryption, DLP, and access for sensitive data.

Resilience

Sustain trust when privacy or compliance is tested.

Incident response

Breach notification paths with legal/privacy.

Today's flow

  1. 1

    Understand

    Why DPDP matters for your organization today.

  2. 2

    Assess

    Map assets, owners, and gaps against today's theme.

  3. 3

    Act

    Privacy notice review.

  4. 4

    Share

    Publish learning internally and on social โ€” #CyberSecurityMonth2026.

Did you know?

  • ๐Ÿ’กDPDP Act: What Organizations Need to Think About Now
  • ๐Ÿ’กMission: Map processing, consent, rights, and breach duties under India's DPDP framework.
  • ๐Ÿ’กFrameworks to explore: DPDP Act (India), ISO 27701, EU AI Act (awareness).

Frameworks & standards

DPDP Act (India)ISO 27701EU AI Act (awareness)

Organizational checklist (infographic summary)

  • โœ“Privacy notice review.
  • โœ“Breach playbooks with legal.
  • โœ“Share today's infographic with one community audience.
  • โœ“Log one improvement in your risk or incident tracker.

Audience awareness infographic

Eight communities ยท one mission

Tap a card for tailored awareness and today's action โ€” built for sharing.

Indiaโ€™s DPDP framework expects clear purpose, consent where required, and honoring data principal rights โ€” your forms and tools must match.

Share: DPDP awareness starts with purpose limitation. #DPDP

One-click publish

Share Day 17 externally

LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, Facebook, and X โ€” captions tailored for this theme (employees).

Select an audience, then use one-click publish to tailor the share caption for that community.

Mission

Map processing, consent, rights, and breach duties under India's DPDP framework.

Organizational actions

  • โœ“Privacy notice review.
  • โœ“Breach playbooks with legal.

Partner angles

WAIG: GRC & DPDP awareness sessions.

DefenAI Labs: Compliance overlays in assurance platform.

Suggested format: Explainer

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