# India DPDP Act 2023 IT-002 — Cross-Border Data Transfer Policy & Overseas Processor Contracts

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- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**India DPDP Act 2023**·Control `IT-002`·high·Component: **International Transfer**

## What this control requires

> Implement a Cross-Border Data Transfer Policy governing: permissible transfer destinations, required contractual safeguards for overseas processors, transfer impact assessment procedure, and transfer register maintenance. Include DPDPA-specific data transfer clauses in all overseas processor contracts. Objective: Ensure all cross-border data transfers are governed by a documented policy and that overseas processors are contractually bound to DPDPA requirements.
> 
> — India DPDP Act 2023, Control IT-002

### In plain English

Implement a Cross-Border Data Transfer Policy governing: permissible transfer destinations, required contractual safeguards for overseas processors, transfer impact assessment procedure, and transfer register maintenance. In practice, this means you can prove you implement cross-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

Penalties under the DPDP Act reach ₹250 crore per instance of significant non-compliance, and the Act applies extra-territorially to any entity processing personal data of individuals in India in connection with offering goods or services.

This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation.

## What an auditor looks for

Indian DPAs and statutory auditors will look for: documented consent capture and revocation flows, a designated Data Protection Officer (for Significant Data Fiduciaries), breach-notification workflows tied to Data Protection Board notification timelines, and Records of Processing that match the consent notice the user saw.

Within **International Transfer**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control IT-002) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

1.  Write a short policy stating intent, scope and named owner.
2.  Encode it as a platform guardrail — SCP, Azure Policy initiative, Organisation Policy, or repository policy.
3.  Wire a monitoring signal that catches drift (CSPM rule, SIEM rule, scheduled query, Workspace alert) and ticket it.
4.  Review on a documented cadence and capture the review in the risk register or compliance tracker.

### Operational checklist

-   **Implement.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Document.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Ensure.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** cross, border data transfer policy, overseas processor contracts.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document.
-   **Vendor Risk Management.** `vendor_risk_management` evidence

Signed policies, procedures, and registers document the safeguard. Processor due diligence, DPAs, and transfer registers evidence third-party controls. Focus: Cross-Border Data Transfer Policy & Overseas Processor Contracts.

## How it maps to other frameworks

Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit.

-   [**ISO/IEC 27701:2025 A.1.5.2** — Basis for transfer](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-5-2-basis-for-transfer)

## Related controls in India DPDP Act 2023

-   [**Control IT-001** — International Data Transfer Register & Restriction Screening](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/it-001-international-data-transfer-register-restriction-screening)
-   [**Control DP-001** — Data Processing Agreements (DPA) - Full Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/dp-001-data-processing-agreements-dpa-full-compliance)
-   [**Control SC-005** — Data Processor Register & DPA Management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/sc-005-data-processor-register-dpa-management)

## References

-   [Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (India) — India DPDP Act 2023](https://www.meity.gov.in/content/digital-personal-data-protection-act-2023)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Control IT-002`

Topics: data protectiongovernance riskvendor riskprivacy managementvendor management

## Related compliance guidance

- [India's DPDP Act 2023: a practical compliance guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023): Start with the full DPDP Act implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs.
- [GDPR compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr): Most teams extend an existing GDPR programme to India; this guide shows where the lawful bases, timelines and breach rules differ.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): Rule 6's reasonable security safeguards map almost one-to-one onto ISO 27001 Annex A controls you may already operate.