Concept
Processing
Nearly anything done to digital personal data by automated means, from collection and storage through sharing to erasure.
“processing” in relation to personal data, means a wholly or partly automated operation or set of operations performed on digital personal data, and includes operations such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, use, alignment or combination, indexing, sharing, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, restriction, erasure or destruction
Read section 2 of the Act, where this term is defined →
Sources cited on this page
- [1]The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 2(x), p. 3. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026