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Does the DPDP framework apply to you?
Answer 4 operational questions and get a source backed applicability answer with the full decision trace. Your answers stay in your browser.
Results are decided by the Applicability Checker rules pack, version 1. Identical answers always produce identical results.
What this tool asks
- Does your organisation handle information about identifiable people?For example names, phone numbers, email addresses, delivery addresses, account details, photos or employee records. Customers, users, employees and vendors all count.
- Is any of that information handled on computers or phones?Includes information collected on paper and typed into a computer later. Spreadsheets, apps, email and cloud services all count.
- Where does your organisation operate?
- Is this information handled only by one individual for personal or family matters?For example a personal contact list or family photo collection. Answer no if any of it is for business, work or an organisation.
The decision rules this tool applies
- APP-01 · Information about identifiable people is handled
- APP-02 · The information takes digital form
- APP-03 · The processing is linked to India
- APP-04 · Personal or domestic use by an individual
The provisions this tool rests on
The provisions below are the sources for the legal statements on this page. Each links to the official document it was verified against, and to the provision on this site wherever this site publishes that provision. The label says whether the site is reporting a requirement, explaining it, reading it, recommending something, or pointing at a text it does not restate.
DPDP Act 2023, s. 2(t)
Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
In force since 13 November 2025
“personal data” means any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data
DPDP Act 2023, s. 3(a)
Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
Not yet in force; the computed date is 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed
Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall— (a) apply to the processing of digital personal data within the territory of India where the personal data is collected–– (i) in digital form; or (ii) in non-digital form and digitised subsequently
DPDP Act 2023, s. 3(b)
Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
Not yet in force; the computed date is 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed
Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall— … (b) also apply to processing of digital personal data outside the territory of India, if such processing is in connection with any activity related to offering of goods or services to Data Principals within the territory of India
DPDP Act 2023, s. 3(c)(i)
Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
Not yet in force; the computed date is 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed
Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall— … (c) not apply to— (i) personal data processed by an individual for any personal or domestic purpose
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(t), p. 3. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
- [2]The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 3(a), p. 3. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
- [3]The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 3(b), p. 3. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
- [4]The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 3(c)(i), p. 4. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026
Read the guide
Does the DPDP Act apply to startups and small businesses? Walks the same section 3 test in prose, with the commencement position and the 3 places size counts.