A lot of business owners still treat India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 as something they’ll “get to eventually.” I get why — it reads like dense legal text, and most founders are…
In-House vs Outsourced DPO Which Is Right for Your Business Size A FinTech founder asked me a straightforward question during a consultation last month: “Do I need to hire someone full-time for this, or is…
A client came to us last month convinced his business was DPDP compliant. Privacy policy? Done. Terms of use? Done. Then we asked him one question: “What does your cookie policy say?” Silence. Turns out…
A client called me last week, not in a panic exactly, but close. He runs a small D2C skincare brand out of Gurgaon — maybe 40,000 customers on file, an email list, some WhatsApp order…
A DPDP Act data breach isn’t something you can handle casually — a founder called me at 11 pm a few months ago, voice steady, but I could tell he’d been sitting with the news…
Two friends walked into my office last year, still smiling, still finishing each other’s sentences. They’d built a decent product, got their first few paying customers, and were ready to “make it official.” One of…
A founder walked into my office a few months ago holding a printout of a vendor agreement. He wasn’t angry yet — just confused. “Sir, I signed this two years ago. I didn’t even read…
A client called me a few weeks ago, trying to sound calm but clearly wasn’t. “Sir, I got some legal notice in the post about three weeks back. I didn’t open it properly, kept it…
Maintenance Isn’t Automatic Maintenance claims can come from a few different places. Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act. Sections 36–37 of the Special Marriage Act. Or Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik…
A client walked into my office last month. He was in his mid-forties. Before he even sat down, he said, “Sir, my brother has put a lock on our father’s house. I grew up there.…
