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Administrative Fines
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Administrative Fines and Penalties Under the DPDP Act 2023

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Administrative Fines And Penalties

Fines, as defined in the DPDP Act, are as follows

Sl. No. Breach of provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act or rules made thereunder: Penalty
1 Breach in observing the obligation of Data Fiduciary to take reasonable security safeguards to prevent a personal data breach under sub-section (5) of section 8. May extend to two hundred and fifty crore rupees.
2 Breach in observing the obligation to give the Board or affected Data Principal notice of a personal data breach under sub-section (6) of section 8. May extend to two hundred crore rupees.
3 Breach in observance of additional obligations concerning relation to children under section 9. May extend to two hundred crore rupees.
4 Breach in observing any other obligation under the Act or rules. May extend to one hundred and fifty crore rupees.
5 Breach in observance of the duties under section 15. May extend to ten thousand rupees.
6 Breach of any term of voluntary undertaking accepted by the Board under section 32. Up to the extent applicable for the breach in respect of which the proceedings under section 28 were instituted.
7 Breach of any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder. May extend to fifty crore rupees.