Data Privacy Consulting Services In India
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What is Data Privacy Consulting?
Organizations are undergoing a sea change in the data privacy environment, necessitating legal, operational, and technical changes, which often overlap and create complications India established the Digital Personal Data Protection or DPDP Act on August 11, 2023, with a view to protecting the rights of individuals with regard to protection of personal data.
The Act aims to balance this right with the legitimate requirements of an organization to collect and process data. It aims to promote responsible practices with regard to data management, thereby regulating the handling of digital personal data. The DPDP Act seeks to set up a comprehensive legal framework for the governance of digital personal data protection in India.
Customers of an organization trust them to manage their personal data with responsibility, and to maintain its integrity, confidentiality, and accessibility. The act also aims to foster a culture of safeguarding personal data and valuing individual privacy. At Wattlecorp, we combine our in-depth expertise and the latest methodologies, tools, and processes to evaluate your security posture, the cyber risks you are vulnerable to, and make recommendations for risk mitigation.
Security controls are assessed by comparing them with the NIST or National Institute of Standards and Technology framework. We help you ensure that you stay compliant with the requirements of the DPDP by implementing industry best practices. We can also help organizations in getting different certifications like ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 27017, Privacy by Design seals, SOC2 Privacy, etc.
Important Parties to the DPDP Act
A Data Principal is an individual whose personal data is being used or to whom the personal data relates. The data principals for children are either their parents or legal guardians, and for disabled persons, their legal guardian is the principal. While a person with a disability is not specifically defined here, it is taken to be the same as in the 1995 People with Disability Act.
A Data Fiduciary is an entity who controls the purpose and method of processing personal digital data. This entity can be an individual professional, a small business, a bank or financial institution, a startup, etc. If the volume or sensitivity of the data being controlled is significant, or if such data poses a risk to national security or electoral democracy, the entity can be designated a Significant Data Fiduciary.
A Data Processor is an entity who handles or processes personal digital data on behalf of the data fiduciary or significant data fiduciary. This entity can be an individual professional, form, or organization. The data fiduciary is responsible to ensure that the data processor follows the guidelines with regard to maintaining the privacy of the data that they process for the fiduciary.
Challenges to Data Protection In India
As the data landscape is constantly changing, it presents a number of challenges with regard to the protection of this data. These challenges are seen at both individual and organizational levels, and can make the balancing of security and privacy complex and difficult. This is because stringent security measures used for safeguarding sensitive information may be implemented by compromising user privacy. Striking the perfect balance between robust security and providing individuals control over their own information remains very complicated and absolutely essential.
Challenges
- The real ownership of personal data is vague and remains a difficult issue
- Maintaining compliance in cross-border data transfers is problematic due to varying laws
- People are unaware of the extent of data shared with third parties for marketing etc.
- Data protection regulations are constantly evolving, and keeping up is problematic
- Implementing protection strategies is difficult without comprehensive data visibility
- All data isn’t equal, and identifying data that needs protection is essential
- The rise of connected devices makes it challenging to secure data across endpoints
- Increasing data volumes makes implementing security measures more expensive
- Implementing access control is difficult where there are several user roles and permissions
Application of the Data Privacy Law
Personal data refers to any information that can be used to identify a specific individual.The DPDP Act applies to any entity who processes digital personal data, unless for personal or domestic purposes, if such process happens in the Indian territory, or happens abroad, but offers its products and services to Indian citizens.
The data privacy law is applicable to personal data that was gathered in physical or digital form but was digitized later on. However, it does not apply to information freely available in public, or to data that is processed in a personal or household context.
An entity under the DPDP Act can be an individual, a business, a company, firm, an association of persons whether registered or not, a joint Hindu family (HUF), any legal person, and the state as defined in the Indian Constitution under Article 12.
Our Data Privacy Consulting Services In India
Information Gathering
As a first step, we examine and understand your IT infrastructure, critical business services, your organizational goals and requirements.
Data Discovery
Next, we comb through your data to identify, categorize, and index sensitive data, enabling you to govern it transparently for relevant purposes.
Data Classification
The data so discovered is classified as per predefined criteria, making it easier to locate, protect, and use efficiently.
Data Privacy GAP Analysis
Our DPDP experts carry out a Gap Assessment to check how your data privacy measures stand currently while compared to the DPDP guidelines.
Policies & Procedures
The Wattlecorp data privacy experts help you draft policies and measures that will help you achieve and maintain compliance with data privacy laws in India.
Documentation Support
We will help you draft and prepare all the documentation required to stay in compliance with the data privacy regulation.
Implementation Support
Our experts will also guide you on how to implement the security measures and technology required to bridge the gaps in your data privacy and protection.
Training and Awareness
It's essential that your employees are fully aware of and familiar with the data privacy laws and the best practices; we can train them to prevent violations.
Implementation Reviews
To evaluate the compliance level and immediately rectify any deviations, we can execute implementation reviews periodically or when new tech is implemented.
Why Choose Wattlecorp’s as your data privacy consultant ?
- Proven expertise in global data protection and privacy laws
- Quick identification of security risks and vulnerabilities
- Leverage cutting edge tools and technology
- Competitive pricing
- Ensure tight security to your critical business assets and applications
- Painstaking and minute assessment of risks and security gaps
- Regular monitoring, audits, and reviews to help you maintain compliance
- Expertise in risk mitigation and drafting security policies
- Dedicated tech support when required
- Enhance your reputation among customers and stakeholders with stringent security
Budgeting for Data Privacy Consulting
The cost of data privacy consulting varies depending on various factors including the size of your application, the scope of the security test, its complexity, etc. But always it would cost less compared to facing a data breach.
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The data fiduciaries are to collect only such data that is absolutely necessary for them for their work and to delete data once the purpose is complete. They should limit the use of the data to the specific reason for which they obtained user consent. They have to ensure that privacy notices and consent requests are available in English and other languages as per the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution, and they must ensure that the personal data is processed accurately, consistently, and completely. They must have measures to prevent data breaches and redressal mechanisms in place.
Data privacy is a discipline that works to protect sensitive information from cyberattacks and other cyber threats, including personally identifiable information (PII), financial data, personal health information, and intellectual property.
There will be legal action against the organization not conforming to the DPDP Act, and penal fines which can range from INR 10,000 to 250 crores depending on the nature and severity of the violation. Additionally, the organization that does not comply with the regulation stands to have their reputation tarnishes, and even lose their customers in the process. Engaging the services of a consultant like Wattlecorp can help you avoid all this.
Consent is not required when data is processed for employment purposes, for medical emergencies, or legal obligations. Most of the requirements are also waived for data processing in a business process outsourcing or BPO center for foreign entities. Another exception is when such data is processed for scientific and statistical research purposes.
Regardless of how little data you collect, if you collect personal digital data and process it for purposes like marketing and analysis – basically other than personal or family use – you are mandated to follow the requirements of the law, and must take steps to protect the individuals’ data, take consent before sharing their information, processing it, and so on.
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