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6 of 13|Complete DPDPA Act
reading 10 min•Key Definitions
Processing
What actions count as processing?
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ▸ Understand the broad scope of processing
- ▸ Identify processing activities in your organization
The Definition
Processing means any operation on personal data, including collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, use, disclosure, and erasure.
Basically, if you touch the data, you are processing it.
📖 Glossary
- Processing
- Any operation or set of operations performed on personal data.
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Processing includes collection, storage, use, and deletion.
- Even simply viewing data counts as processing.
📚 Further Reading
- DPDPA Section 2(x) — Government of India (2023)
Course Author
Shilpi Kulshrestha
Shilpi is a corporate lawyer with over a decade of experience in data protection, company law, and regulatory compliance. She has advised 50+ startups and enterprises on DPDPA readiness, privacy gover...