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10 articles · Research cutoff 22 October 2026 · Published 3 November 2026. Each article has one main publishing site, visible references and related reading.
Foundations and commencement
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Does the DPDP Act apply to your small business?
Check whether your small business processes digital personal data, where the territorial test matters, and why size alone does not create an exemption.
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Digital records, paper forms and the point where DPDP applies
Trace how a paper form becomes digital personal data through scanning, spreadsheets and messaging, and build a handoff that preserves purpose and ownership.
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The personal and domestic use exception, explained carefully
Understand when an individual acts for a personal or domestic purpose, and why family contacts, neighbourhood groups and side businesses need separate analysis.
Rights and grievances
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The right to nominate someone: an operational guide
Prepare a nomination process that records the individual’s choice and verifies a later trigger, while keeping privacy rights separate from inheritance and account ownership.
Retention and deletion
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Inactive customer accounts and the DPDP Rules retention provisions
Understand which large platforms face the DPDP inactivity rule, how its three-year period works and why it is not a universal small-business retention rule.
Education and children
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Children under DPDP: why the age threshold matters to product design
Translate the DPDP under-18 definition into product decisions without importing foreign thresholds or collecting excessive age evidence.
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When an education exemption applies, read its exact conditions
Use a precise class, activity and obligation test before relying on the children-related educational exemption.
Employment and service sectors
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Employee data and the employment-related legitimate use provision
Use the employment-related provision for the activity it actually covers, while preserving the rest of the privacy assessment.
Interpretation and common mistakes
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Why consent is not the only DPDP processing route
Separate consent from the specific certain legitimate uses in section 7, then map each processing purpose.
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Research and statistical processing exemptions have conditions
Test the research, archiving and statistics exemption against necessity, individual decisions and prescribed processing standards.