The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has selected six entities including Jio Platforms, in the first round of its ‘Code for Consent: The DPDP Innovation Challenge’. This is a competition aimed at building consent management systems under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), which is overseeing the challenge in partnership with MeitY Startup Hub, has shortlisted the six applicants for the next stage of the competition.
The other five companies include Baldor Technologies Pvt. Ltd (IDfy); VertexTech Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Redacto); Zoop (Quagga Tech Pvt. Ltd.); Concur – Consent Manager; and Aurelion Future Forge Pvt. Ltd.
These companies will now move on to the second phase, the “coding round”, where they are expected to develop working versions of their proposed solutions over a three-month period. This phase will include periodic evaluations and sprint-based reviews to assess functionality, compliance, usability, and scalability.
The challenge is designed around a detailed Business Requirements Document (BRD) released by the ministry, which outlines how a Consent Management System (CMS) should function in alignment with the DPDP Act.
The document proposes significant features in the proposed system including verification of user consent in real time via secure APIs before collecting or using any personal data.
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