DPDP articles on roles

2 articles on this site are filed here. Open any of them for the source documents behind their legal claims, with a claim type label on every source.

28 August 2026Roles

Data Processor obligations under DPDP: what you actually have to do

The DPDP framework never addresses a Data Processor by name. What reaches you anyway, what binds you today and is not DPDP at all, and the 2 statutory duties on your customer that pull against each other.

17 August 2026Roles

Data Fiduciary vs Data Processor: which role are you?

One test decides it: who determines the purpose and means of the processing. The 8 engagements worked through, why one company holds both roles at once, what the test never asks, and why the Act says Fiduciary where other laws say controller.

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