Certain legitimate uses
Where processing rests on legitimate use rather than consent — voluntary provision, State subsidy or service, legal obligation, medical emergency, employment purposes — record which limb is relied on and why it fits.
Section 7DPDP Act, 2023Data FiduciaryThe State and its instrumentalities
What this requires
Where processing rests on legitimate use rather than consent — voluntary provision, State subsidy or service, legal obligation, medical emergency, employment purposes — record which limb is relied on and why it fits.
Evidence a regulator would accept
- Legitimate use justification
- Processing Register
How this product discharges it
assessment (primary)
Our position
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- Current
- Compliant
- Residual risk
- Low
- Owner
- Priya Nair
- Last reviewed
- 06 Jul 2026
- Next review due
- 26 Sept 2026
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History
- Clause status updated following remediationyesterday06 Aug 2026, 00:30Deepika Joshi
- Clause status updated following remediation4 days ago03 Aug 2026, 17:30Rohit Verma
- Clause status updated following remediation6 days ago01 Aug 2026, 10:30Naveen Kulkarni
- Clause status updated following remediation8 days ago30 Jul 2026, 06:30Vikram Saxena
- Clause status updated following remediation10 days ago28 Jul 2026, 00:30Imran Sethi
- Clause status updated following remediation13 days ago25 Jul 2026, 16:30System
- Position reviewed and recordedlast month06 Jul 2026, 11:55Priya Nair
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- S.8(4)Reasonable security safeguardsPartially compliant
- S.17ExemptionsNot applicable
- R.5Processing for State subsidy, benefit, service, certificate, licence or permitCompliant
- R.6Reasonable security safeguardsPartially compliant
- R.15Research, archiving and statistical purposesNot applicable