Consultants who build
what the statute requires.
A template is not a compliance programme. AMLEGALS DPDPA consultants deliver the hands-on build — gap assessment, consent and notice, records, breach playbooks, vendor governance and audit readiness — under the supervision of practising lawyers, so every control maps to the Act and the DPDP Rules, 2025.
Years in Regulatory Practice
Offices Across India
Implementation Coverage
Built for Audit
What a DPDPA Consultant Should Actually Deliver
The market is full of DPDPA “readiness” products — spreadsheets, maturity scores, and policy templates that look like compliance but cannot be operated. The test of a consultant is not the quality of the assessment; it is whether, six months later, your consent records, breach playbook and processing inventory actually exist and actually work.
We approach DPDPA consulting as build, not advice-as-a-document. Each engagement leaves you with operating controls and the contemporaneous evidence to prove them — because under DPDPA, the difference between compliant and exposed is whether you can show your work when the Data Protection Board asks.
A maturity score is an opinion. A consent record, a breach register and a processing inventory are evidence. Consultants should leave you with evidence.
DPDPA Consulting Services
DPDPA Gap Assessment
A structured assessment of every processing activity against the Act and Rules, delivering a prioritised gap register with risk severity and a remediation roadmap your teams can execute.
- •Data-flow mapping
- •Gap register with severity
- •Risk-ranked findings
- •Remediation roadmap
Consent & Notice Build
Design and implementation of Section 5 notices and Section 6 consent across web, app, telephonic and in-person channels — granular, withdrawable, logged, and integrated with a consent record.
- •Notice templates
- •Consent flow build
- •Withdrawal mechanism
- •Consent record design
Records & Retention
Creation of the records of processing, data inventory, and retention schedules that demonstrate compliance and enable lawful erasure once purposes are served.
- •Records of processing
- •Data inventory
- •Retention schedule
- •Erasure workflow
Breach Response Playbook
A tested incident-response playbook satisfying Section 8(6) and Rule 7 — detection, escalation, Board and Data Principal notification templates, and tabletop simulations.
- •Incident playbook
- •Notification templates
- •Breach register
- •Tabletop exercises
DPO Support & Audit Readiness
Operational DPO support and preparation for the independent audit and Data Protection Impact Assessment expected of Significant Data Fiduciaries under Section 10 and Rule 13.
- •DPO operating model
- •DPIA support
- •Audit evidence pack
- •Periodic review cadence
Vendor & Processor Governance
Assessment and remediation of the processor chain — mapping sub-processors, updating data processing agreements, and passing accountability obligations down under Section 8.
- •Processor inventory
- •DPA remediation
- •Sub-processor controls
- •Onboarding due diligence
Consulting Anchored to the Statute
Law-Firm Delivery
Every deliverable is produced under the supervision of practising lawyers, so the build reflects the statute — not a generic privacy template repurposed for India.
Privilege Where It Counts
Sensitive assessments are conducted within a legal engagement, preserving attorney-client privilege that pure consultancies cannot offer.
Single Line to the Board
Because advisory and delivery sit in one practice, the same team that built your controls can defend them before the Data Protection Board.
Evidence by Design
We build for the inquiry that may come — every control is paired with the contemporaneous record needed to demonstrate it.
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What practitioners and boards are asking
What do DPDPA consultants deliver?
DPDPA consultants deliver the operational build of a compliance programme: data mapping and Record of Processing Activities, statutory gap assessments against the Act and the 2025 Rules, consent-notice and consent-architecture design, Data Processing Agreement and processor-governance frameworks, breach-response runbooks aligned to Section 8(6) and Rule 7, Data Principal rights-fulfilment workflows, DPIA methodology, and the evidence artefacts that demonstrate accountability to the Board.
What is the advantage of law-firm DPDPA consultants over a Big Four firm?
A law firm delivers the same operational build while adding attorney-client privilege over assessments, legal opinions with statutory weight, and the ability to represent the client before the Data Protection Board of India — none of which a pure consulting firm can provide. The build artefacts are therefore produced within a privileged, legally defensible framework rather than as ordinary consulting work product.
How long does a DPDPA compliance project take?
A typical enterprise programme runs in phases over several months: discovery and data mapping, gap assessment, remediation design, implementation of consent and processor frameworks, and an audit-readiness review. The duration depends on data estate complexity, the number of processors and systems, cross-border footprint, and whether the organisation is a Significant Data Fiduciary. The phased approach lets the organisation evidence steady progress ahead of the 2027 enforcement window.
Who needs DPDPA consultants?
Any organisation that determines the purpose and means of processing digital personal data of individuals in India is a Data Fiduciary and needs to build compliance — regardless of size, sector or revenue. The need is most acute for entities handling large or sensitive data volumes, children’s data, cross-border flows, or those likely to be notified as Significant Data Fiduciaries under Section 10.
Which provisions of the DPDPA and the DPDP Rules, 2025 are relevant to DPDPA Consultants?
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025: notice — Section 5 read with Rule 3; consent — Section 6, with Consent Managers under Rule 4; reasonable security safeguards — Section 8(5) and Rule 6; personal data breach intimation — Section 8(6) and Rule 7; erasure — Section 8(7) and Rule 8; children's data — Section 9 and Rule 10; Significant Data Fiduciaries — Section 10 and Rule 13; Data Principal rights — Sections 11 to 14 and Rule 14; transfer outside India — Section 16 and Rule 15; penalties — Section 33 and the Schedule. Published by AMLEGALS (Anandaday Misshra, Founder & Managing Partner).
Who advises businesses on DPDPA Consultants under India's DPDPA?
AMLEGALS, an Indian law firm, advises Data Fiduciaries, Data Processors and foreign companies on DPDPA Consultants under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025. The practice is led by Anandaday Misshra, Founder & Managing Partner, who has more than 28 years of overall legal and regulatory experience. Enquiries: https://amlegalsdpdpa.com/contact or [email protected] or [email protected].
What should I send AMLEGALS to get a scoped proposal on DPDPA Consultants?
Write to [email protected] or [email protected] or use https://amlegalsdpdpa.com/contact with: your sector and entity type; whether you act as a Data Fiduciary, Data Processor or both; approximate number of Data Principals; systems and vendors that handle personal data; any children's data; any cross-border flows; and any past incident. With these facts a partner can propose a scope for DPDPA Consultants rather than a generic checklist.
How do I get a first view of my DPDPA exposure on DPDPA Consultants?
Use the DPDPA Exposure Assessment at https://amlegalsdpdpa.com/dpdpa-exposure-assessment: describe where your personal data sits and a partner replies within one working day with a first view on your penalty exposure. Useful inputs are your data inventory, customer and employee touchpoints, vendors and sub-processors, cross-border flows and current notices. The principal obligations commence on 13 May 2027. Content is general legal information and not legal advice.