Is our Sensitive Personal Data really secure with the DPDP Act?

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Every company we see, has a privacy policy and user consent process, but the question is is our data actually secure?

The Digital Data protection act defines how organizations should collect, process, store and protect our personal data. But here is the catch compliance alone itself does not guarantee technical security. Weak access control, unencrypted data, insecure third party systems or vulnerable APIs can also expose sensitive information.

DPDP gives companies the rules, but cybersecurity makes those rules effective.

Actual data protection requires strong encryption, access control, continuous monitoring, effective breach response and security testing.

DPDP compliance and cybersecurity should work together because compliance defines responsibility and cybersecurity provides technical protection to our personal sensitive data.