DPDP Act (Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023)
India's core law governing personal data collection and use.
For example
It's why apps must ask clearly for consent and tell you about data breaches.
Learn it through a story
- The Data Privacy Clause Nobody Reads (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 8)
Related terms
- Defence in depth Using many layers of protection, not just one.
- Dependency confusion An attack where a malicious package is mistaken for, or substituted in place of, a legitimate one by name.
- Domain spoofing Making an email look like it's from a trusted company by faking the display name, while the real sending address is different.
- EDR Endpoint detection and response, tooling that watches devices and servers for suspicious activity.
- Encoding Representing data in a different, instantly reversible format.
- Encryption Scrambling data so only the intended recipient can read it.