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title: "Applicability checker: does the DPDP Act apply?"
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description: "Answer four questions to see whether India's DPDP Act applies to your processing of personal data, based on section 3 and the exemptions in section 17."
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updated: 2026-09-09
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# Applicability checker: does the DPDP Act apply?

See section 3 and section 17 of the Act.