DPDP guides for website owners

Plain-language guides for the people who run websites. Every legal statement carries the Act section or Rule it comes from.

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Start here: the website guide to the DPDP Act

What to change on your website, step by step, with the original source for every rule. Five steps, the penalties, and a checklist by deadline.

Written by Shuruthi Sellamuthu.
Last reviewed 9 October 2026.

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Five steps
The penalties
A checklist by deadline

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How we write these guides

Each guide cites the original Act or Rules next to every legal statement, is reviewed when the law changes, and carries the date of its last review. Guides are summaries, not legal advice.

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