Compliance

Data Privacy Consulting in India

Primitra is a specialist data privacy consulting firm helping Indian businesses build defensible, audit-ready privacy programs under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and global frameworks such as GDPR. Led by Devashish Kakkar with 5+ years of India and EU privacy experience, we translate the law into operational controls your engineering, product, HR and vendor teams can actually run.

What's included

A scoped engagement with concrete deliverables — not a slide deck.

Privacy strategy & roadmap

A pragmatic 6–12 month privacy roadmap aligned to the DPDP Act, sector regulators (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI) and your commercial priorities.

Regulatory gap assessment

Side-by-side gap analysis against the DPDP Act, GDPR and ISO/IEC 27701 with prioritised remediation backlog.

Privacy program implementation

Notices, consent flows, RoPA, DPIAs, DSR workflows, retention schedules and breach playbooks — built and embedded.

Fractional DPO & advisory

On-call privacy counsel for boards, product teams and procurement — without hiring a full-time DPO too early.

Training, audits & assurance

Role-based privacy training, internal audits and readiness reviews so your program survives scrutiny from regulators, customers and investors.

Our approach

A repeatable four-stage method, calibrated to your business.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Stakeholder interviews, system inventory and data-flow mapping across products, vendors and group entities.

  2. 02

    Diagnose

    Gap assessment against the DPDP Act and applicable global laws; risk-rated findings with business context.

  3. 03

    Design

    Target operating model, policies, technical controls and a sequenced remediation roadmap.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Hands-on implementation, training and ongoing assurance — measured against defined KPIs.

Who it's for

Engagement profiles where we add the most value.

  • Indian SaaS and tech companies handling personal data of customers, employees or partners
  • BFSI, healthtech and edtech firms with sectoral overlap (RBI, IRDAI, NMC, MeitY)
  • Enterprises with cross-border data transfers between India, EU and the US
  • PE/VC-backed companies preparing for due diligence, IPO or enterprise procurement

Frequently asked questions

What does a data privacy consultant in India actually do?+

A data privacy consultant assesses how your organisation collects and uses personal data, identifies compliance gaps under laws like the DPDP Act and GDPR, and builds the policies, processes and technical controls needed to close them. At Primitra we combine legal interpretation with operational implementation — so the program runs after we leave.

Is the DPDP Act in force in India?+

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 received Presidential assent and is being operationalised in phases through the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules. Companies that wait for the final notification typically end up with rushed, costly remediation. Privacy-mature buyers are already asking suppliers for evidence of readiness.

How is privacy consulting different from cybersecurity consulting?+

Cybersecurity focuses on protecting systems from unauthorised access. Privacy focuses on how personal data is collected, used, shared and retained — even by authorised users. The two overlap on breach response and access control, which is why we run a combined Cybersecurity and Privacy practice.

Do you work with startups or only large enterprises?+

Both. Our packages scale from a 4-week DPDP Act readiness sprint for a Series A SaaS startup to multi-quarter privacy program implementation for listed enterprises and global groups operating in India.

Can you act as our Data Protection Officer?+

Yes. We offer fractional and outsourced DPO services for organisations that need ongoing privacy oversight without hiring a full-time DPO. See our DPO services page for scope and engagement models.

Ready to make privacy consulting a competitive advantage?

Book a free 30-minute consultation with Primitra. We'll review your current posture and outline the fastest path to a defensible, audit-ready program.