Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Practical guidance on implementing Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act requirements from initial data discovery through to technology deployment
- Coverage of critical compliance components including data mapping, consent management, privacy assessments and breach notification protocols
- Designed for CISOs, Data Protection Officers, compliance leaders and privacy teams responsible for organisational DPDP readiness
- Expert-led session featuring specialists from JISA Softech and Seqrite with live Q&A
- Focus on privacy-enhancing technologies including encryption solutions for sustainable compliance
Introduction
As organisations across India navigate the operational demands of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, many find themselves caught between partial readiness and the comprehensive compliance the legislation requires. This webinar, titled “Implementing DPDP the Right Way: From Data Discovery to Privacy-Enhancing Technologies,” addresses that gap directly, offering a structured approach to achieving full regulatory alignment.
The session brings together Ashish Kumar Dhar of JISA Softech and Abhishek Uday Salvi of Seqrite to guide attendees through the complete implementation journey. Rather than theoretical discussion, the webinar emphasises actionable methodology—helping privacy and compliance professionals understand not just what the DPDP Act requires, but how to operationalise those requirements within their existing infrastructure.
About This Event
This virtual webinar takes a systematic approach to DPDP compliance, beginning with foundational data discovery and progressing through to the deployment of privacy-enhancing technologies. The format combines expert-led presentations with an open question-and-answer session, allowing attendees to address organisation-specific challenges directly with the speakers.
The session is structured to serve professionals at various stages of their compliance journey, whether they are beginning to assess their data landscape or refining existing privacy programmes to meet the Act’s specific requirements. By covering the end-to-end implementation process, the webinar aims to provide a coherent framework rather than isolated compliance tactics.
From Data Discovery to Classification
Effective DPDP compliance begins with a fundamental question: what personal data does the organisation actually hold? For many enterprises, particularly those with legacy systems, distributed databases and multiple business units, answering this question proves more complex than anticipated. Data discovery forms the essential foundation upon which all subsequent compliance activities depend.
The webinar addresses methodologies for identifying personal data across structured and unstructured repositories, then classifying that data according to sensitivity and regulatory requirements. This classification work directly informs decisions about access controls, retention policies and the technical safeguards required under the DPDP Act. Without accurate discovery and classification, organisations risk both over-engineering controls for low-risk data and under-protecting information that carries significant compliance obligations.
Data mapping extends this foundation by documenting how personal information flows through the organisation—from collection points through processing activities to storage locations and eventual deletion. These maps become essential reference documents for demonstrating compliance and identifying potential vulnerabilities in data handling practices.
Consent Management and Cookie Compliance
The DPDP Act places significant emphasis on lawful bases for processing personal data, with consent representing a primary mechanism for many processing activities. Managing consent at enterprise scale presents both technical and operational challenges. Organisations must capture consent in a manner that meets legal requirements, maintain auditable records of when and how consent was obtained, and provide mechanisms for individuals to withdraw consent with equivalent ease.
Cookie consent management represents a specific application of these broader principles, particularly relevant for organisations with significant digital presence. Website compliance requires not only appropriate consent mechanisms but also technical controls that prevent data collection before valid consent is obtained. The webinar examines approaches to implementing these controls in ways that satisfy regulatory requirements while maintaining acceptable user experience.
Documentation emerges as a recurring theme throughout consent management discussions. The ability to demonstrate compliance—showing auditors or regulators exactly what an individual consented to and when—requires systematic record-keeping that many organisations have not historically maintained.
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in Practice
Technical controls form a critical layer of DPDP compliance, and the webinar dedicates significant attention to privacy-enhancing technologies that can reduce risk while enabling legitimate business use of personal data. Encryption, both for data at rest and in transit, represents the most established of these technologies, but effective implementation requires careful consideration of key management, performance implications and integration with existing systems.
The session explores how these technologies fit within a broader compliance architecture. Privacy-enhancing technologies are most effective when deployed as part of a coherent strategy rather than as isolated point solutions. Encryption that protects stored data, for instance, must be complemented by access controls that limit who can decrypt that information and logging that creates accountability for data access.
For organisations evaluating technology investments, the webinar provides context on matching technical capabilities to specific compliance requirements. Not every processing activity requires the same level of technical protection, and understanding this relationship helps organisations allocate resources effectively.
Privacy Assessments and Breach Notification
Privacy assessments serve as diagnostic tools for identifying compliance gaps before they become regulatory problems. The webinar covers methodologies for conducting these assessments, including how to evaluate existing controls against DPDP requirements and prioritise remediation activities based on risk.
Breach notification requirements under the DPDP Act impose specific obligations regarding timing, content and recipients of notifications when personal data security is compromised. Organisations must have incident response procedures that can identify qualifying breaches, assess their scope and execute notification requirements within mandated timeframes. The webinar addresses how to build these capabilities into existing security operations rather than treating breach notification as an isolated compliance function.
Who Should Attend
The webinar is designed for professionals with direct responsibility for data protection and privacy compliance within their organisations. Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Privacy Officers will find strategic value in the end-to-end framework presented, while Data Protection Officers and compliance managers will benefit from the operational detail on implementation approaches.
IT security leaders responsible for deploying technical controls, legal professionals advising on regulatory requirements, and risk management teams assessing compliance exposure represent additional relevant audiences. The content assumes familiarity with enterprise data management concepts but does not require deep technical expertise in privacy technologies.
Organisations in regulated industries—financial services, healthcare, telecommunications—face particularly acute pressure to demonstrate DPDP compliance and may find the structured approach especially relevant to their circumstances.
Navigating DPDP Implementation Complexity
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act represents a significant shift in India’s regulatory landscape for personal data, and organisations are discovering that compliance requires coordinated effort across legal, technical and operational functions. The webinar acknowledges this complexity while providing a practical path through it.
By connecting data discovery to classification, classification to consent management, and consent management to technical controls, the session helps attendees understand DPDP compliance as an integrated programme rather than a collection of disconnected requirements. This perspective proves valuable for organisations seeking to build sustainable compliance capabilities rather than addressing each regulatory demand in isolation.