Digital Personal Data Protection Act · Control SC-001 · Priority: high · Component: Scope & Classification

What this control covers

Maintain a comprehensive, current register of all digital personal data processed by the organisation, including data collected digitally and data digitised from non-digital sources. Formally document data excluded from DPDPA scope (publicly available data). Objective: Ensure the organisation has full visibility of all personal data in scope, enabling compliance with all downstream DPDPA obligations.

Why it matters

Risk is the language an executive team understands; this control connects technical reality to board-level decisions and budget allocation.

How to implement

AWS

Codify the policy intent as SCPs, AWS Config conformance packs, and Security Hub standards so the cloud enforces what the document says.

Azure

Codify in Azure Policy initiatives (built-in regulatory compliance for CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) and assign at management-group level.

GCP

Use Cloud KMS with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for BigQuery, GCS, and Compute. Sensitive Data Protection (DLP API) inspects/de-identifies PII at scale.

Google Workspace

Enable client-side encryption for Drive/Docs and turn on Drive Labels + DLP rules to prevent external sharing of regulated data classes.

On-premises

Maintain a policy library with a documented review cadence (annual minimum); store in your GRC tool with attestation tracking. Map each policy to controls so an audit pull cites the exact policy clause.

Evidence to collect

  • policy_document — A signed, version-controlled policy stating leadership intent and the named owner.

Signed policies, procedures, and registers document the safeguard. Focus: Digital Personal Data Inventory.

Quick checklist

  • Maintain — Digital Personal Data Inventory
  • Document — Digital Personal Data Inventory
  • Ensure — Digital Personal Data Inventory

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