Convert data visibility into a practical DPDP readiness roadmap.
Once an organisation understands how personal data moves, the next step is to assess where current practices may need to change. NPV Group’s Preliminary DPDP Gap Assessment helps management identify practical gaps across governance, notices, consent, vendor arrangements, retention, rights handling, breach response, AI tool usage and evidence maturity.
The output is not a compliance certificate. It is a structured readiness view to help management decide what to prioritise, assign and implement.
Why gap assessment matters
Awareness is useful. Prioritisation is essential. A preliminary gap assessment helps connect discovered facts with practical management decisions.
What we assess
Indicative assessment areas include notice and purpose mapping; consent and withdrawal processes; certain legitimate uses; Data Fiduciary governance; vendor and processor controls; employee data handling; retention and erasure; Data Principal rights handling; security and breach readiness; AI tool usage; evidence and ownership.
- Notice and purpose mapping
- Consent and withdrawal
- Certain legitimate uses
- Data Fiduciary governance
- Vendor and processor controls
- Employee data handling
- Retention and erasure
- Data Principal rights handling
- Security and breach readiness
- AI tool usage
- Evidence and ownership
Legal review flags
Certain issues should be reviewed by qualified lawyers or law firms before final decisions are taken. Legal review may be relevant where the assessment identifies issues involving notice wording, consent language, reliance on certain legitimate uses, children’s data, processor contracts, breach notification, cross-border access or regulatory representation.
Diagnostic legal-review flags
- Processing of children’s data
- Reliance on certain legitimate uses
- Large-scale processing or potential Significant Data Fiduciary indicators
- Cross-border access or group-company sharing
- Breach incident history
- Absence of notice or consent basis
- High vendor dependency
- AI tools used with client, employee or customer data
- Contract gaps with processors
- Existing GDPR or group privacy documents requiring India-specific adaptation
What you receive
A typical preliminary gap assessment may produce a preliminary DPDP gap register, readiness heatmap, legal review flags, AI usage and informal-channel observations, vendor / processor gap summary, evidence gaps and open items, prioritised action roadmap and management read-out.
Convert DPDP gaps into a practical action roadmap.
Legal boundary. NPV Group supports organisations with data discovery, process mapping, readiness assessment, control design, implementation support, evidence management and management reporting. Legal interpretation, legal drafting, privileged advice, regulatory representation and formal legal opinions should be handled by qualified lawyers or law firms.