DPDP Compliance Made Simple for Indian Businesses.

The DPDP Act is India's new data protection law that governs how businesses collect, store, and use personal data. If your website or app handles any personal information from users in India, this law applies to you. Penalties for non-compliance go up to ₹250 Crore per violation (Section 33, DPDP Act 2023). The regulator, called the Data Protection Board, is already operational, and full enforcement kicks in on May 13, 2027 (MeitY notification, October 2025). Even businesses based outside India must comply if they serve Indian users.

Enforcement is rolling out in phases, not all at once. The Data Protection Board started operating in November 2025, Consent Manager registration opens in November 2026, and all obligations become fully enforceable on May 13, 2027 (MeitY notification, October 2025). The Board is already accepting complaints, so it's best to get compliant well before the final deadline rather than waiting until the last minute.

If your business collects any personal data from people in India, you need to comply, regardless of where your company is based or how large your team is. There's no exemption for startups or small businesses. This covers e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, healthcare, edtech, media, and any website or app that uses cookies, analytics, or collects user information. Under the law, your business is called a "Data Fiduciary," which simply means you're responsible for the data you collect.

Start by scanning your website for cookies and trackers to understand what data you're currently collecting. Then set up a consent banner that collects legally valid consent before any cookies fire, provide a privacy notice explaining how you use data, and create a process for handling user data requests (access, correction, and erasure). You also need to maintain tamper-proof records of every consent interaction for audit purposes. ComplyZero handles all of this in one platform, and most teams go from zero to compliant in under 15 minutes.

You absolutely can build a banner, and many teams do. The banner itself is the easy part. The hard part is what happens behind it: you need a tamper-proof record of every consent interaction showing who consented, to what, and when, along with proof that the record hasn't been changed after the fact. ComplyZero handles this with an immutable, append-only ledger where each record is fingerprinted at write time and can never be modified or deleted. Exported logs include verification hashes for independent audit. Building the banner takes a weekend; building the proof layer underneath is a different problem entirely.

Yes, and it's free forever, not a time-limited trial. The Free plan includes 3,000 consents per month, 100 pages scanned, consent management, privacy notices, and DSR handling. No credit card needed, no time limit. You only need to upgrade when your traffic grows beyond the free limits. Paid plans start at ₹499/month.

Every consent interaction is stored in an immutable, append-only ledger hosted on Indian infrastructure. Each record is individually fingerprinted (hashed) the moment it's created, and it can never be modified, overwritten, or deleted after that. When you export your consent logs for an audit, each record includes a verification hash that anyone can check independently to confirm nothing has been tampered with. This gives you the level of proof the Data Protection Board expects when reviewing consent compliance.