Interactive Checklist

C-09 Executive Governance Board & Executive Sponsor

The Full Compliance Calendar Checklist

Annual, quarterly, and monthly statutory operational compliance calendar rhythm checklist across all entity tiers.

Statutory Source: The calendar document's recurring cycles + rhythms, as a tick-list per entity class (SDF/non-SDF/sector)

Total Verification Points: 6 Audit Checks

C-09The calendar document's recurring cycles + rhythms, as a tick-list per entity class (SDF/non-SDF/sector)

The Full Compliance Calendar Checklist

The Register's Enterprise-tier sample

Readiness Score

0 / 6 checks

Annual Board Compliance Review: Presentation of DPDP posture, residual risks, and CapEx/OpEx allocation to Board.

Chapter 6 & 24

Annual Independent Data Audit (SDF): Procure and execute statutory audit with independent auditor under Rule 13.

Section 10(2)(b)

Bi-Annual DPIA Review: Refresh risk-to-rights impact assessments for high-volume processing and AI systems.

Section 10(2)(c)(i)

Quarterly Access & Privilege Review: Recertification of IAM credentials, DB access grants, and processor tokens.

Rule 6

Semi-Annual Breach Simulation Drill: Execute tabletop simulation running CERT-In (6h) and DPBI (72h) parallel clocks.

Chapter 16

Monthly Inactive Account Purge: Trigger automated deletion of customer accounts meeting Rule 8 inactivity thresholds.

Rule 8

State automatically persisted in browser localStorage

Statutory Grounding & Legal Perimeter

Mandatory statutory clauses, rules, and gazette requirements enforceable under this checklist.

Enforceable Provisions:

Section 10

Section 8(5)

Section 8(7)

Rule 6

Rule 8

Rule 13

Statutory Context:

This checklist is directly anchored in The calendar document's recurring cycles + rhythms, as a tick-list per entity class (SDF/non-SDF/sector). Failure to maintain verifiable affirmative proof of compliance exposes the enterprise to severe adjudication penalties under Section 33 (Schedule) of the DPDP Act.

Target Architecture & Impacted Systems

Enterprise applications, stores, and integration surfaces evaluated by this checklist.

View Full Systems Topology (SYS-001..014) →

In-Scope System Nodes:

SYS-010 Architecture Spec →

Consent Ledger & Policy Decision Point

Immutable consent event store and Policy Decision Point issuing authority tokens

SYS-014 Architecture Spec →

Restore Quarantine & Sandbox Store

Isolated test environment ensuring recovered backups pass tombstone replay

Associated Operational Controls (54 OBLs)

Control Master Matrix obligations directly tested by this checklist.

Open Control Matrix →

OBL-01 Workpaper →

Control Dossier OBL-01

OBL-11 Workpaper →

Control Dossier OBL-11

OBL-14 Workpaper →

Control Dossier OBL-14

Audit & Implementation Guidance

Best practices for establishing evidence, avoiding traps, and conducting periodic assurance.

Evidence Retention Standard

Do not rely solely on policy documents or statements of intent. Ensure verifiable evidence artifacts (cryptographic logs, test manifests, signed DPA agreements, or automated crawler receipts) are archived for at least 1 year.

Common Implementation Trap

Avoid declaring compliance based on frontend UI alone. The Data Protection Board evaluates the full data pipeline, including database persistence, read replicas, cache invalidation, and third-party processor synchronization.

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C-08 — The Monthly Regulatory Watch Checklist

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C-10 — The Legal Register Row Checklist