DPDPA Compliance That Goes Beyond the Policy
Most Indian companies have a privacy policy. Few have verified whether their systems, vendors, and processes actually comply. Privara conducts operational assessments — reviewing what your systems actually do, not what your documents say.
Why DPDPA Compliance Cannot Wait
Investor Due Diligence
Investors are now requesting DPDPA compliance documentation during funding rounds. Non-compliant companies are facing delays and additional conditions at Series A and beyond.
Enterprise Procurement
Banks, hospitals, and large corporates are adding DPDPA compliance clauses to vendor contracts. Non-compliant vendors are being removed from procurement lists.
Enforcement Is Live
The Data Protection Board is operational. DPDP Rules 2025 are notified. Organisations that are non-compliant must begin remediation now — the preparation window is closing.
Privara helps you find out exactly where your organisation stands — before investors, enterprise clients, or regulators ask first.
Compliance Is a System Reality — Not a Document Exercise
Most DPDPA compliance approaches stop at policy drafting and checklist reviews. Privara goes further — reviewing how your systems actually behave, how your vendor contracts actually read, and whether your consent flows actually work.
A privacy policy tells your users what you intend to do with their data. The DPDPA requires you to demonstrate what you actually do. That distinction is where most organisations fall short.
Documentation is the output of compliance. It is not compliance itself.
System-level review
Consent flows tested on your live product — not answered on a self-assessment form.
Vendor contract audit
Every third-party agreement reviewed clause by clause against the Act's requirements.
Documented findings
Every gap backed by evidence and referenced to a specific Act provision — not assumption.
What a policy review misses vs. what an operational audit finds
Three Services. One Clear Path to Compliance.
Every engagement is scoped before work begins. No surprises.
DPDPA Readiness Review
Know exactly where you stand
What it covers
Consent flows, privacy notice, vendor setup, and data handling — reviewed against DPDPA's specific operational requirements.
Best for
Startups and SMBs conducting their first formal DPDPA compliance assessment.
Operational Compliance Audit
A complete operational picture
What it covers
All 8 DPDPA control areas — consent, notice, vendor risk, data flows, rights implementation, breach preparedness — clause-by-clause vendor review.
Best for
Companies preparing for investor due diligence, enterprise contracts, or board-level governance documentation.
Remediation & Governance Plan
From gaps to solutions
What it covers
Gap-by-gap solution design with phased implementation roadmap, ownership matrix, and vendor contract redlines.
Best for
Companies that know their gaps and need a precise, operationally executable plan to close them.
Not sure which engagement fits your situation? The scoping call helps us understand your context before recommending anything.
What a Real DPDPA Assessment Finds
Not hypothetical risks. Documented findings from operational review.
Signup form contains a pre-ticked checkbox for marketing communications. Under Section 6(1), consent must come from an affirmative action by the data principal. A pre-ticked box does not constitute valid consent under the Act. All marketing processing based on this mechanism has no lawful basis.
Analytics platform processes behavioural data of all users. No Data Processing Agreement exists between the client and the platform. The platform's default terms permit use of submitted data for product improvement purposes. This constitutes processing without a lawful basis under Section 8(3) and an undisclosed purpose under Section 6(1).
Account deletion feature triggers account deactivation — not data erasure. User data remains in the primary database, analytics platform, and email marketing system after deletion request. The right to erasure under Section 12 of the Act is not fulfilled by account deactivation alone.
All examples drawn from Privara's operational assessment methodology. Findings in real engagements are specific to client systems and evidence.
How a Privara Engagement Works
Every engagement follows the same four-step process, regardless of which service you choose.
Scoping Conversation
20 minutes. We understand your product, tech stack, and compliance priorities. You understand exactly what the engagement covers — before anything is committed.
Evidence Collection
We review your live product, privacy notice, vendor contracts, and system configurations — working from what actually exists, not what you tell us.
Operational Analysis
Every finding is documented with evidence. Every gap is classified by severity, mapped to the specific Act provision, and assessed for business impact.
Findings and Action Plan
You receive a clear, documented output. Executive summary on page one. Every finding documented. Every recommendation operationally specific and immediately actionable.
The process is designed to give you something you can act on — not a report that sits in a folder.
What Makes Privara Different
The difference is not in what we offer. It is in how we work.
Operational Verification, Not Self-Assessment
Most compliance tools ask you to assess yourself. Privara reviews what your systems, contracts, and processes actually do — then maps findings against the Act's specific requirements.
Built on the Act and Rules — Not Adapted From GDPR
Privara's audit methodology is built directly on the DPDPA Act 2023 and Rules 2025 — not adapted from GDPR frameworks. This matters because the Act has obligations that do not exist in other frameworks.
Sector Overlap Covered
DPDPA obligations do not exist in isolation. For fintech, the Act intersects with RBI requirements. For healthtech, with patient data obligations. For SaaS, with enterprise procurement. Privara's assessments account for these overlaps.
Findings You Can Use
Every Privara report is written to be operationally useful. Findings are mapped to specific Act provisions. Recommendations are specific to your systems — not generic best practices — and designed to be acted on without needing a lawyer to translate them.
Privara goes beyond policy drafting and checklist-based compliance approaches. It is an operational audit practice built to identify what surface-level assessments often miss.
Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not here, the scoping conversation is the right place to ask it.
Find Out Where Your Organisation Actually Stands
The first step is a focused scoping conversation. We will learn about your organisation, your data handling and governance practices, and what has already been done and then will tell you honestly which engagement makes sense, and what it will involve.
Book a Scoping ConversationNo commitment required. Scope and pricing are agreed before any work begins.