The course

Learn the DPDPA

6 short modules, from what the Act is to what it asks of your business. Read them in order. Each cites the provisions it rests on and ends with a self-test.

  1. Module 1What is the DPDPA?What the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is, the words it uses, who it covers, what it changed in other laws, and how the 2025 Rules and their three start dates attach to it.10 min read · 6 lessons · 10 provisions · 7-question self-test
  2. Module 2The core rulesThe obligations every Data Fiduciary carries: a ground for processing, the notice, valid consent and its withdrawal, legitimate uses, security safeguards, breach intimation, and how long personal data may be kept.13 min read · 7 lessons · 10 provisions · 8-question self-test
  3. Module 3People's rightsChildren's data and verifiable parental consent, guardians of persons with disability, the children's exemptions, and the rights to access, correction, erasure, grievance redressal and nomination, with the Data Principal's own duties.10 min read · 6 lessons · 12 provisions · 8-question self-test
  4. Module 4Special casesSignificant Data Fiduciaries, Consent Managers, sending personal data abroad, the exemptions, and how the State processes personal data: the parts of the Act most businesses meet only once.9 min read · 5 lessons · 10 provisions · 7-question self-test
  5. Module 5EnforcementWho enforces the Act and how: the Data Protection Board of India, the route a complaint takes, mediation and voluntary undertakings, the seven penalty rows in the Schedule to the Act, and appeals.12 min read · 7 lessons · 33 provisions · 8-question self-test
  6. Module 6In your businessA first-ninety-days sequence for a small business: confirm the Act applies, write the notice, settle consent, publish a contact and grievance route, set retention, prepare for a breach, then check your readiness.11 min read · 7 lessons · 13 provisions · 8-question self-test