The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has picked six organizations in the first round of its competition. The competition is called ‘Code for Consent: The DPDP Innovation Challenge’. It aims to help innovators create consent management systems under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), in partnership with MeitY Startup Hub, is currently running this challenge. As a result, they have now chosen six teams to move forward to the next round.
In addition to Concur – Consent Manager Platforms, the selected companies include Baldor Technologies Pvt. Ltd., VertexTech Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Redacto), Zoop (Quagga Tech Pvt. Ltd.), Jio Platforms, and Aurelion Future Forge Pvt. Ltd.
These organizations will now take part in the second phase of the challenge, called the “coding round”. During this phase, they will work over three months to build working models of their proposed consent solutions.
The organizers will regularly review their work to evaluate its performance, user-friendliness, legal compliance, and scalability.
The challenge is based on a detailed Business Requirements Document (BRD) released by the ministry. This document explains what a Consent Management System (CMS) should do to follow the DPDP Act.
The system checks in real time through secure APIs whether the user has consented before collecting or using any personal information.
If the system detects that the user’s consent is missing, expired, or withdrawn, it immediately blocks the data request.
Talking about their selection, Gaurav Mehta, co-founder of Concur, said, “The Code for Consent initiative marks a historic opportunity to shape open and inclusive digital infrastructure that places citizens’ data autonomy at the heart of data privacy.”
He added, “More than just a legal mandate, a Consent Management Platform operationalizes DPDP and is an essential enabler of digital trust—empowering individuals with control and providing organizations with clarity in managing data interactions.”
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