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Data privacy & the DPDP Act

Handle customer data legally under India's DPDP Act.

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Do I actually need to worry about DPDP as a small D2C brand, or is this a big-company problem? DPDP has no small-business carve-out, the moment you collect a customer's name, phone number, address, or payment detail to fulfil an order, you're... Beginner 3 resources → What exactly counts as valid consent under DPDP for my checkout and signup forms? A single 'I agree to Terms & Privacy Policy' checkbox at checkout doesn't cut it anymore, DPDP Section 6 requires consent to be granular and purpos... Intermediate 3 resources → What do I need to put in my privacy policy, and how do I actually draft one? Skip the generic Shopify/WooCommerce boilerplate privacy policy, it won't map to DPDP's requirement that you itemise each data category (name, phon... Beginner 4 resources →

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