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OBL-18 Rule 7 — breach content/clocks RULE-7

OBL-18: Dual-Clock Breach Incident Workflow (Rule 7)

Executes dual reporting clocks: CERT-In 6-hour intimation and DPDP Rule 7 Board breach dossiers.

Statutory scope: Rule 7 — breach content/clocks · Assigned to Incident commander / Legal · Systems: SIEM & Security Telemetry Store (SYS-012)

Operational Interface Requirement

Recommended interface: Remove required notice content or assume an unallowed extension; expected outcome is validation failure and the original detailed deadline preserved.

Expected Audit Assertion / Test Result

Remove required notice content or assume an unallowed extension; expected outcome is validation failure and the original detailed deadline preserved.

Governance & Architecture

Recommended Activity Owner
Incident commander / Legal
Target Systems & Interfaces

Verification Specification & Workpaper

Proposed Test Specimen ID
SPEC-Q10-OBL-18

proposed per-row review/acceptance specification; not a claim of executed statutory coverage

Populated Teaching Workpaper
out/dossier/CASE-001/incident.json

populated hypothetical decision/specimen; not actual enterprise execution

Local Execution Reference
out/dossier/CASE-001/tests/results.json

Canonical Statutory Grounding

Source references verified against the official Gazette of India publication baseline.

RULE-7 Lines 1112–1139
Commencement: 2027-05-13 (scheduled, not yet operative)
Obligated Actor

Data Fiduciary

Trigger Context

Awareness of any personal-data breach

Statutory Conditions

Without-delay notices to each affected principal and initial Board notice; 72-hour detailed update; prescribed fields.

Statutory Exceptions

Board may allow longer update period on written request; no severity exemption stated.