Deleting Is Processing
The enacted list runs from collection to destruction and is only illustrative — “includes operations such as” — so storage and erasure are both processing.
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Summary
Deleting your data is processing your data.
The enacted list runs from collection to destruction and is only illustrative — “includes operations such as” — so storage and erasure are both processing.
Full transcript
Deleting your data is processing your data.
Section 2 lists what processing means.
Collection, storage, sharing, erasure.
Storing it and doing nothing is still processing.
Pause. Which of these is not processing?
None of them.
The list runs all the way to destruction.
And it covers wholly or partly automated work.
A human step in the middle changes nothing.
No part of the digital handling sits outside.
s.2(x) — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 + Rules, 2025
Already in force (13 Nov 2025)