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Data Privacy 101

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Key Principles of DPDP Act 2023

Along with integrity and confidentiality, the data privacy act works on some important principles.

Individual Right's

Grants individuals the right to access, correct, and delete their personal data, empowering them to have control over how their data is collected and used by various organizations.

Purpose Limitation

The personal data is to be collected only for specified, legitimate, and explicit purposes. It should not be processed further in such a way that is deemed incompatible with those purposes.

Data Minimization

It is suggested that the personal data is adequate and relevant. Ensuring that the data is limited to only what is required with respect to the purposes that the data is being processed to.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to mostly asked questions to understand what doubts users face.

The rights include:

  • Right to access to personal data
  • Right to correct inaccurate personal data
  • Right to erasing their personal data
  • Right to stop their personal data from processing
  • Right to portability of data

The key features include applicability to nonresidents, the purposes of collecting and processing the data, rights of users, obligating any data fiduciaries, moderation of the requirements of data localization, and exempting from obligations under the law.

Personal data refers to any data using which a person can be identified. Be it directly or indirectly, this refers to an identifier including a name, location, identification number, or any online identifier.

The top and biggest risks for data privacy include data breaches, data discrimination, and data brokerage which have not been taken seriously.