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DPDP Act, 2023 · Chapter III

Section 12Right to correction and erasure of personal data

The text of Section 12 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 1, under the chapter on rights and duties of data principal.

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Section 12 as published in the Gazette of India

(1) A Data Principal shall have the right to correction, completion, updating and erasure of her personal data for the processing of which she has previously given consent, including consent as referred to in clause (a) of section 7, in accordance with any requirement or procedure under any law for the time being in force.

(2) A Data Fiduciary shall, upon receiving a request for correction, completion or updating from a Data Principal,—

(a) correct the inaccurate or misleading personal data;

(b) complete the incomplete personal data; and

(c) update the personal data.

(3) A Data Principal shall make a request in such manner as may be prescribed to the Data Fiduciary for erasure of her personal data, and upon receipt of such a request, the Data Fiduciary shall erase her personal data unless retention of the same is necessary for the specified purpose or for compliance with any law for the time being in force.

Source. Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023, assented 11 August 2023), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 1. Reproduced verbatim. This page is a reference, not legal advice, and no advisor–client relationship arises from reading it.

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