Data Privacy Compliance Advisory
Be DPDP-Ready Before 13 May 2027 & Avoid Penalties Up to ₹250 Cr
Structured assessment and advisory aligned with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Find your compliance gaps, map your personal data, and get a prioritized remediation roadmap from Eagle’s cybersecurity team.
Build a Stronger Data Privacy & Compliance Framework
Strengthen your organization’s data privacy framework with structured assessment and advisory aligned with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), GDPR, PDPA, LGPD, CCPA, and other applicable privacy requirements.
Eagle’s Data Privacy Compliance Advisory service helps organizations understand their applicable privacy practices, identify compliance gaps, and help implement practical measures to improve data handling, protection, retention, access, and privacy governance framework.
Why is data privacy important?
In an era where your personal information is as valuable as cash, data privacy is the ultimate shield that keeps your identity, finances, and freedom safe from digital threats. Without strict privacy measures, everyday details like your banking info, health records, and private messages are left exposed to cybercriminals and unauthorized tracking, leading to identity theft, financial fraud, and invasive surveillance.
DPDP Act Implementation Timeline
13 November 2026 – Consent Manager Registration Starts: Platforms that manage user consent can begin registering with the Data Protection Board.
13 May 2027 – Full Rules Take Effect: All main rules become compulsory, including proper consent notices, data security, fast breach reporting, and respecting user rights.
Don’t wait until the last minute—get ahead
of the curve by tracking these critical DPDP
Act deadlines for your business.
Strengthen Your Data Privacy Readiness with our services
As organizations collect, process, store, and share increasing amounts of digital personal data, having appropriate privacy practices and a governance framework has become essential.
Eagle’s advisory services provide a structured assessment of your existing data privacy landscape to identify gaps, highlight areas for improvement, and provide actionable recommendations aligned with applicable privacy requirements.
We help organizations establish a more structured approach to managing personal data across its lifecycle—from collection and processing to access, retention, sharing, and deletion.
Privacy Compliance Assessment
Assess existing privacy practices, policies, processes, and controls to identify compliance gaps and areas for improvement. Get a clear compliance gap matrix and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
Data Handling & Processing
Review how personal data is collected, processed, stored, used, and shared across the organization. Get a data mapping inventory and validation of legal basis and consent processes.
Data Access & Protection
Assess how access to personal data is managed and review controls for protecting personal information from unauthorized access or exposure. Get recommendations to prevent unauthorized exposure or internal breaches.
Data Retention & Deletion
Review data retention practices and recommend appropriate approaches for retaining and securely deleting personal data. Get compliant retention policies and automated deletion guidelines.
Privacy Governance
Assess privacy policies, processes, roles, responsibilities, and governance practices to strengthen accountability and privacy management. Get governance frameworks, staff privacy SOPs, and vendor risk protocols.
The DPDP Act provides for financial
penalties of up to ₹250 crore for certain
contraventions. The applicable penalties
depend on the nature of the breach and the
specific obligation violated.
Regulations & Privacy Requirements
Eagle’s advisory approach can be aligned with applicable privacy requirements based on your organization’s business operations, geographic presence, and data processing activities.
Key areas include:
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), India
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
- Other applicable data protection and privacy requirements
Eagle helps organizations design and implement privacy notices and consent mechanisms that clearly explain how personal data is collected, used, shared, retained, and protected. Eagle’s services include reviewing consent capture and withdrawal processes, cookie and digital consent requirements, and ensuring privacy notices are aligned with applicable data protection laws and actual data-processing practices.
Why Data Privacy Compliance Matters
Data privacy is not limited to policies or legal documentation. It involves how personal data is collected, accessed, processed, protected, shared, retained, and deleted across the organization.
A structured privacy assessment can help organizations understand their current practices, identify gaps, and establish clear priorities for strengthening their privacy framework.
Build privacy into your business with a structured, practical approach to data protection and compliance.
DPDP Act Penalties for Non-Compliance
The DPDP Act provides for financial penalties of up to ₹250 crore for certain contraventions. The applicable penalties depend on the nature of the breach and the specific obligation violated.
The following maximum penalties apply to the relevant contraventions under the Act:
Type of breach | Maximum penalty |
Failure to take reasonable security safeguards to prevent a personal data breach | Up to ₹250 crore |
Failure to notify the Data Protection Board and affected individuals of a personal data breach, as required | Up to ₹200 crore |
Breach of additional obligations relating to children’s personal data | Up to ₹200 crore |
Breach of additional obligations applicable to Significant Data Fiduciaries | Up to ₹150 crore |
Any other breach of the Act or its Rules | Up to ₹50 crore |
Breach of duties by an individual (Data Principal) | Up to ₹10,000 |
What You Get from Our DPDP Compliance Assessment
Use concrete deliverables:
✓ Current-State Privacy Assessment
Understand your organisation’s existing data protection posture.
✓ Personal Data Inventory & Mapping
Identify what personal data you collect, where it resides and how it moves through your organisation.
✓ Compliance Gap Assessment
Identify gaps against applicable DPDP requirements.
✓ Risk & Priority Matrix
Prioritise gaps based on business impact and compliance risk.
✓ Remediation Roadmap
Get a practical roadmap showing what needs to be addressed and in what order.
✓ Policy & Process Recommendations
Guidance for improving privacy policies, notices, consent, retention and data-handling processes.
✓ Implementation Advisory
Support your teams in moving from assessment to practical compliance.
This makes the service tangible rather than sounding like generic consulting.
Our Approach to DPDP Compliance
Discover: Identify personal data and processing activities.
Assess: Evaluate your current privacy and security posture.
Identify Gaps: Map gaps against applicable DPDP requirements.
Remediate: Prioritise and address critical compliance gaps.
Maintain: Establish processes for ongoing privacy governance and compliance.
Why partner with us?
Cybersecurity + Privacy Expertise
Combine privacy governance with technical security controls.
Practical, Not Just Documentation
Move beyond policies to processes, controls, and implementation guidance.
End-to-End Assessment
Evaluate data, processes, technology, vendors, and organizational practices.
Security-First Approach
Connect privacy requirements with cybersecurity, monitoring, and data protection.
Business-Aligned Roadmap
Prioritize remediation based on your organization’s risks and requirements
Certifications
Eagle is ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliant. Eagle
One partner for IT, cybersecurity, and compliance
Managed services, infrastructure, and cybersecurity from a single provider with over three decades of experience.
Frequently Asked Questions?
1. What happens if my organization is not DPDP-ready?
Non-compliance can expose your business to regulatory penalties, reputational damage, loss of customer trust, and operational disruption. The Act provides for significant financial penalties, so an early readiness assessment is advisable.
2. What are the penalties for non-compliance?
Penalties can reach ₹250 crore for failing to take reasonable security safeguards, and ₹200 crore each for failing to report a personal data breach and for breaching children's data obligations. Significant Data Fiduciaries may face penalties of up to ₹150 crore for breaches of their additional obligations, while other breaches can attract penalties of up to ₹50 crore. The Data Protection Board determines the penalty based on the nature and seriousness of the violation.
3. What does Eagle’s DPDP Compliance Advisory include?
Our advisory helps you assess and improve readiness across key DPDP areas, including:
- Data discovery, classification, and processing mapping
- Consent collection and management
- Privacy notices and customer communication
- Data retention and deletion practices
- Vendor and third-party risk review
- Security controls and data loss prevention
- Breach response readiness
- Data Principal request handling
These are core operational areas businesses need to address under the DPDP framework, as applicable to their circumstances.
4. Do we need a DPDP compliance assessment if we already have a privacy policy?
Yes. A privacy policy is only one part of a broader privacy compliance program. Organizations should also evaluate how personal data is collected, processed, stored, shared, retained, and protected, as well as whether appropriate processes exist for consent, rights requests, grievances, and applicable breach-related obligations.
5. If we are already ISO 27001:2022, are we automatically DPDP compliant?
No. While frameworks like ISO 27001:2022 provide a strong foundation, the DPDP Act introduces specific obligations unique to Indian law—such as distinct consent manager frameworks, mandatory local breach notification protocols, and specific provisions regarding Significant Data Fiduciaries (SDFs). Our advisory maps your existing certifications to fill these localized legal gaps efficiently.
6. What must I do if there is a data breach?
Under the DPDP framework, Data Fiduciaries are required to notify the Data Protection Board of India and affected individuals about personal data breaches, in accordance with applicable rules. Your incident response plan should support timely notifications and any required follow-up information.
7. What does a valid consent notice need to include?
Consent must be free, specific, informed, unconditional, and given through a clear affirmative action. The notice should use clear and plain language, explain what personal data is collected and why, describe how consent can be withdrawn, and explain how to raise a complaint with the Data Protection Board of India. Withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it.
8. Am I responsible for what my vendors do with personal data?
Yes. As the Data Fiduciary, your organization remains responsible for processing personal data carried out on its behalf, subject to applicable law. You should establish appropriate contractual terms with data processors and review the measures they use to protect personal data.
9. What does the assessment cover?
The assessment covers five key areas:
- Your privacy compliance practices
- How you collect, handle, and process personal data
- Who can access personal data and how it is protected
- How long personal data is retained and how it is deleted
- Privacy governance, including roles, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and vendors
10. Do you only advise, or can you help implement?
Both. The assessment provides a prioritized roadmap, and Eagle's team can help implement practical measures such as access controls, retention automation, and consent mechanisms, depending on your organization's requirements.
11. Will you keep our information confidential?
Yes. We work under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and access only the information needed for the assessment.
12. How do I get started with DPDP compliance?
Start with a DPDP compliance assessment to understand your current position and identify priority gaps. Eagle can assess your organization's data processing practices and help develop a practical roadmap for addressing applicable DPDP requirements.