All 44 sections of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Each with DPDP Rules 2025 cross-references, implementation notes, and common compliance gaps.
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The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 has 44 Sections organised across chapters covering applicability (Section 3), data fiduciary obligations (Sections 4-10), data principal rights (Sections 11-14), consent managers (Section 14), exemptions (Section 17), the Data Protection Board (Sections 18-27), appeals (Section 29), penalties (Section 33), and transitional provisions.
The most operationally significant sections are: Section 3 (applicability including extraterritorial scope), Section 5 (notice), Section 6 (consent), Section 7 (deemed consent/legitimate uses), Section 8 (data fiduciary obligations including breach notification), Section 9 (children's data), Section 10 (Significant Data Fiduciary), Section 11 (data principal rights), Section 16 (cross border transfers), and Section 33 (penalties up to ₹250 Crore).