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Interactive Applicability & Scope Decision Tree

Step through Section 3 (scope), Section 4 (grounds), Section 7 (certain legitimate uses), and Section 17 (exemptions) to determine your enterprise obligations under the DPDP framework.

Interactive DPDP Scope & Applicability Wizard

Evaluate whether your processing activity falls under the DPDP Act 2023 perimeter (ss. 3, 4, 7, 9, 17).

Step 1 of 5: Is the personal data digital or digitized?

Under Section 3(a), the Act applies to personal data collected in digital form, or collected in non-digital form and digitized subsequently. Purely physical, non-digitized paper files are out of scope.