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Consent, in practice.

Notes from building a consent platform for India's DPDP framework — what the Rules actually require, what is harder than it looks, and what we got wrong on the way.

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Nine and a Half Months: The DPDP Engineering Critical Path to 13 May 2027

Only three provisions commence in November 2026. The rest land on 13 May 2027 — and discovery, consent evidence and retention code eat three of four quarters.

Mukul Verma 9 min read
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Being a Consent Manager vs using one: what actually starts on 13 November 2026

A DPDP Consent Manager is a registered intermediary with a ₹2 crore net worth floor, not a CMP. What starts in November 2026, and what liability never moves.

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Consent in 22 Languages Is a Versioning Problem

The DPDP Act's language duty sits in Sections 5(3) and 6(3), not the 2025 Rules — and 22 scheduled languages means 11 scripts and a notice-version ledger.

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