Rule 13 as published in the Gazette of India
(1) A Significant Data Fiduciary shall, once in every period of twelve months from the date on which it is notified as such or is included in the class of Data Fiduciaries notified as such, undertake a Data Protection Impact Assessment and an audit to ensure effective observance of the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
(2) A Significant Data Fiduciary shall cause the person carrying out the Data Protection Impact Assessment and audit to furnish to the Board a report containing significant observations in the Data Protection Impact Assessment and audit.
(3) A Significant Data Fiduciary shall observe due diligence to verify that technical measures including algorithmic software adopted by it for hosting, display, uploading, modification, publishing, transmission, storage, updating or sharing of personal data processed by it are not likely to pose a risk to the rights of Data Principals.
(4) A Significant Data Fiduciary shall undertake measures to ensure that personal data specified by the Central Government, on the basis of the recommendations of a committee constituted by it, is processed subject to the restriction that the personal data and the traffic data pertaining to its flow is not transferred outside the territory of India.
(5) In this rule, “committee” means a committee constituted by the Central Government for the purpose of this rule, which shall include officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Technology and may include officials from other Ministries or Department of the Central Government.
Source. Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E), notified 13 November 2025), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3(i). Reproduced verbatim. This page is a reference, not legal advice, and no advisor–client relationship arises from reading it.