Features

Key Features of the Consent Directory

• DPDPA Guidance and Mandates: The Consent Directory is designed to comply with the DPDPA's stringent consent requirement provisions. The directory provides clear directives on how consent purposes should be communicated to the user. The directory’s statements will be designed in a form that will meet the criteria of being clear, unambiguous, specific so that it is transparent and understandable to users.

• Comprehensive List of Consent Purposes: The directory offers a vast repository of over 20,000 consent purposes collected from various industries. This extensive collection is the result of thorough research and communication with industry experts, ensuring the directory addresses diverse scenarios and needs to ensure that companies’ burden of doing the same is reduced. One of the salient features of this directory is its variegated nature covering the nuanced requirements across sectors

• Industry-Specific Categorization: To simplify the process for businesses, the Consent Directory will be categorizing consent purposes by industry. Whether a company operates in Fintech, Insurance, HealthTech, or another sector, it will be easily to find relevant and tailored consent statements for ready use. This categorization will streamline the task of identifying appropriate consent statements, ensuring that businesses do not waste time sifting through irrelevant information. Companies’ can access industry-specific guidance with relevant examples and tailored language, navigate through well-organized categories.

• Clear and Concise Statements: Consent statements provided by the directory are consciously crafted to be clear, concise, and user-friendly. These statements will meet the yardstick of DPDPA’s requirements because it aims to specifically focus on ensuring that the ordinary man or the user can understand why their data is being collected and how it will be used, fostering trust and transparency.

• Multilingual Support: Recognizing India’s linguistic diversity, and the mandate under the DPDPA, the Consent Directory will include the consent statements in versions in various Schedule 8 languages such as Marathi, Kannada, and more. This feature ensures that consent statements are accessible and comprehensible to users across different regions as per their choices.

• Open-Source Initiative: As mentioned earlier, the Consent Directory is an open-source platform, inviting collaboration and continuous improvement. Organizations and developers working in data privacy or other entities covered under the DPDPA can actively contribute to the repository as per their experience and requirements that they have encountered, which will ensure that the directory remains up to date with legal and industry changes.