Correct, Complete, Update
Three separate verbs, all mandatory on request
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Three verbs, and they are not the same verb.
Three separate verbs, all mandatory on request
Full transcript
Three verbs, and they are not the same verb.
Section 12(2) lists them one by one.
Correct the inaccurate or misleading data.
Complete the incomplete data. Update the data.
Pause. Which one is discretionary?
None of them. The sub-section says shall.
Correct what is wrong. Complete what is missing.
Update what has changed. Three duties.
Section 12(1) runs them through existing law.
Three verbs. All of them owed.
s.12(1),(2) — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 + Rules, 2025
In force from 13 May 2027