Are startups exempt from DPDP?

The Act allows certain government-notified exemptions for specified startups and purposes under Section 17, but core obligations often remain.

Exemptions are not a blanket free pass—document whether a notification applies to your entity and which duties still bind you.

Investors and enterprise customers still expect baseline privacy controls regardless of exemption status.

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