BharatLaw AI launches DPDPGuard.ai for India compliance

BharatLaw AI has launched DPDPGuard.ai, a platform for businesses preparing to comply with India's Digital Personal Data Protection regime.

The product brings consent management, data-principal rights handling, breach response and retention governance into a single workflow. It is designed to cover consent gathered through websites and apps, as well as paper forms, QR codes, field agents, point-of-sale counters and IVR flows.

India's data protection framework is moving into phased implementation, tightening the timetable for companies that handle personal data. Under the DPDP Act, penalties for specified breaches can reach ₹250 crore, while other specified breaches can draw penalties of up to ₹200 crore, ₹150 crore and ₹50 crore, depending on the breach.

Operational deadlines are central to that compliance burden. In the event of a personal data breach, affected Data Principals and the Data Protection Board must be informed without delay, and detailed information must be provided to the Board within 72 hours.

Organisations must also inform Data Principals at least 48 hours before personal data is erased under the relevant retention framework. BharatLaw AI says its system tracks those statutory deadlines and issues notifications tied to each requirement.

Compliance workflow

According to BharatLaw AI, DPDPGuard.ai includes a consent banner with a tamper-evident audit trail. Each consent record is cryptographically hashed and chained so any alteration can be detected during verification.

The platform also includes an AI-assisted privacy-policy generator based on the DPDP framework and a self-service portal for Data Principals. Through the portal, users can view and withdraw consent, raise grievances and file rights requests.

A large part of the system focuses on consent collected away from digital interfaces. Consent captured through offline channels is recorded in the same audited register as web and mobile consent, with itemised opt-ins recorded against each stated purpose.

Each consent capture produces a receipt that can be verified later. Data Principals can also withdraw consent without needing to hold an account.

For cases involving a child, the platform stores only a cryptographic hash of a guardian's verification evidence rather than the identity document itself. The aim is to preserve evidence of verification while limiting storage of the underlying document.

Developer tools

BharatLaw AI has also published software development kits for Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, JavaScript, Node.js, JVM and Python, along with a component for Convex applications. These tools are intended to help organisations build consent collection and rights handling into their own products, rather than rely only on a separate interface.

The company is targeting organisations that process large volumes of personal data, citing potential use cases across BFSI and fintech, eCommerce and retail, telemarketing, healthcare, EdTech and SaaS.

BharatLaw AI says the product was built around Indian regulatory requirements rather than adapted from global cookie-consent tools. It separately tracks the CERT-In six-hour and DPDP 72-hour reporting clocks, supports Consent Manager registration, publishes notices in the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule, and checks DPDP erasure duties against sector-specific minimum retention rules.

Chintan Shah, Founder, BharatLaw AI, outlined the company's view of the market shift.

"Data privacy is increasingly an operational and governance responsibility for businesses, rather than a standalone legal requirement. The challenge is to translate regulatory obligations into processes that can be consistently implemented and monitored. A large share of consent in India is still collected at a counter, on a form or over a phone call, and a compliance record that covers only the website is an incomplete one," said Shah.

The launch reflects a broader push by legal technology suppliers to turn new privacy laws into software-led operational processes for companies facing rising reporting duties and greater financial risks from non-compliance. In India, that pressure is likely to be felt most sharply by businesses that collect consent across both online and offline channels, where fragmented records can complicate audit trails, erasure notices and breach response.

By combining those functions in a single platform, BharatLaw AI is positioning the product around an area where the administrative burden is growing quickly. The company says the preparation window for many organisations is now measured in months rather than years.