The 3rd and main DPDP commencement date is computed as 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed. What is in force today
Sources last verified on 23 September 2026. Methodology
Tag
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Rights
The DPDP Act 2023 gives a Data Principal no right to sue and no compensation. Section 39 bars civil courts from matters the Board is empowered over. On the India Code print dated 27 June 2025 the older section 43A route was intact, and it is an adjudication rather than a lawsuit.
Enforcement
The Data Protection Board of India exists in law and has no appointed members. Even fully staffed it could not take a complaint, because section 27 is not in force. Those are 2 different gaps.
Penalties
The Board complaint route is not open yet: sections 28 to 34 commence on a computed 13 May 2027, interpretation until officially confirmed. What starts an inquiry under section 27, the 6 month inquiry clock, the section 33(2) factors and the 60 day appeal.
Penalties
No penalty under the DPDP Act can be imposed yet: section 33, the route to the Schedule caps of up to 250 crore rupees, commences on a computed 13 May 2027. That date is interpretation until officially confirmed, as is this site's reading that no amount in the Schedule is reachable before section 33 commences. Section 33 sets who decides and on what factors, and the Schedule pairs each listed failure with a ceiling.
Penalties
Section 32 is not in force: the voluntary undertaking settlement track starts on a computed 13 May 2027, interpretation until officially confirmed. Once it commences the Data Protection Board may accept an undertaking that bars further proceedings on its contents, and breaking a term revives the section 33 penalty route.
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