FAQs - DP

Yes. While the Act does not explicitly use the term “data masking,” it mandates “reasonable security safeguards” to prevent personal data breaches. Data masking, anonymization, and encryption are recommended techniques to protect sensitive personal data from unauthorized access.

Data Discovery helps organisations identify where personal data resides across the enterprise. This is essential for fulfilling DPDPA mandates, such as purpose limitation, data minimisation, consent-based processing, and timely deletion. Without discovery, organisations cannot manage or protect personal data effectively.

Consent Management ensures that personal data is processed only after obtaining clear, informed, and verifiable consent from the data principal. Organisations must offer easy withdrawal options and maintain records proving lawful consent for audits or investigations.

Data Protection under the Act includes implementing administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or breaches of personal data. This includes encryption, access controls, monitoring, audits, and breach-response mechanisms.

Effective Data Governance ensures structured oversight over personal data—covering classification, storage, access control, retention, and deletion. The DPDPA requires organisations to establish governance structures, particularly “Significant Data Fiduciaries,” who must appoint a Data Protection Officer and conduct periodic audits.

If cookies collect personal data or track user behavior, websites must obtain clear, informed consent before activating them. This aligns with the Act’s requirements for explicit consent and transparency in data collection.

For processing personal data of children (below 18 years), the Act mandates verifiable parental consent, wherein consent must be provided by a parent/guardian for a child (under 18 years) and physically disabled persons. The identity and age of the parent/guardian need to be verified. Organisations must ensure that child-friendly notices are used, avoid tracking or targeted advertising for minors, and implement strict controls for children’s data.

Data fiduciaries must notify the Data Protection Board without delay upon awareness of a breach, followed by a detailed report within 72 hours (or an approved extension). Affected data principals must also be informed promptly, including details of the breach, potential impacts, and mitigation steps.

Seqrite Data Privacy empowers these roles by providing automated data discovery & classification, unified data visibility, automated privacy risk assessments (DPIA, RoPA), case workflows to manage individual rights requests, and comprehensive dashboards/reports – helping teams fulfil regulatory compliance obligations, reduce manual effort, and improve audit readiness.

Yes – Seqrite’s licensing is modular. You can begin with essential modules such as Data Discovery & Classification and scale up as your privacy program matures or regulatory requirements expand. This approach helps control costs while enabling phased adoption.

Seqrite Data Privacy supports flexible deployment models including cloud, on-premise, and hybrid configurations while allowing organizations to choose the model that fits their data governance, security, and compliance needs.

Seqrite Data Privacy includes ready-to-use connectors for 500+ data sources, ranging from databases and SaaS apps to cloud storage, file servers, collaboration tools, and endpoints across Windows, Linux, and macOS. And if you need a connector that isn’t available out-of-the-box, our low-code framework allows us to quickly develop and add new ones to support your environment.

Seqrite Data Privacy offers case-based workflows for rights management – letting you search, locate, and act upon personal data based on requests like access, rectification, deletion, etc., with audit logs and status tracking to ensure timely and compliant responses.

Seqrite Data Privacy includes a library of predefined assessment templates that can be used out-of-the-box. These templates are delivered as structured questionnaires and cover DPIA, RoPA, privacy gap assessments, third-party risk assessments (internal and external), NIST Privacy Framework checklists, GDPR compliance checklists, and PIA pre-screening. Teams can conduct assessments efficiently while ensuring consistency and comprehensive coverage.

Yes. Seqrite Data Privacy offers a centralized consent and preference management module that helps organizations collect, track, and update customer consent across digital channels. It enables you to honor consent changes in real time, manage purpose and communication preferences, and maintain a clear audit trail – making it easier to demonstrate compliance and build trust with customers.

It includes breach notification feature that log incidents, trigger alerts, and allow customizable notification templates to ensure relevant stakeholders are informed quickly and consistently during data privacy incidents.

Yes. While Seqrite Data Privacy is designed with India’s DPDP Act in mind, the platform is flexible and configurable, making it adaptable for global privacy requirements. Its policy frameworks, assessment templates, consent models, and workflows can be tailored to align with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and others – allowing organizations to scale their privacy programs across regions.

DLP focuses on preventing data loss or leakage, typically by monitoring and controlling data movement. Seqrite Data Privacy complements DLP by discovering where personal data resides, classifying it, managing consent, enabling privacy assessments, and supporting regulatory compliance. In short—DLP protects data in motion, while Data Privacy gives visibility, governance, and compliance for data at rest and in use.

Yes. Seqrite Data Privacy can integrate with existing DLP tools through multiple approaches. The platform supports data discovery and classification outputs that can be shared with DLP policies, and it can exchange alerts and insights to help strengthen data protection workflows. This allows organizations to continue using their existing DLP investments while enhancing visibility and compliance with Seqrite Data Privacy.