Pratibha Jha, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) ABSTRACT The recognition of privacy as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court of India in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India marked a constitutional transformation in the understanding of individual autonomy, dignity and informational privacy. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) subsequently sought to establish a statutory framework governing the processing of digital personal data. The...