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Personal Data vs Digital Personal Data

Personal data is any data about an identifiable individual. Digital personal data is that same data in digital form, and it is the precise subject the DPDP Act regulates.

Personal Data

Digital Personal Data

What it is

Any data about an identifiable individual.

Personal data in digital form.

Statutory reference

Section 2(t)

Section 2(n)

Form

Digital or non-digital.

Digital only, including digitised records.

Governed by the Act?

Only once it is in digital form.

Yes. This is the Act's subject.

Example

A name on a paper form.

That name once typed into a system.

Related glossary terms

Personal Data Digital Personal Data Data Processing

Frequently asked questions

Are they the same thing?

Not quite. Digital personal data is the digital-form subset of personal data that the Act regulates.

Does paper data ever become digital personal data?

Yes, the moment it is digitised.

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