Section 15: Duties of Data Principal

Simple Explanation

Section 15 outlines responsibilities that come with data protection rights: 1. Lawful Exercise: You must follow all applicable laws when using your rights. 2. No Impersonation: You cannot pretend to be someone else when giving personal data. 3. No Suppression: You must not hide important information when submitting data for official documents (like Aadhaar, passports, etc.). 4. No Frivolous Complaints: You must not file false or baseless grievances. 5. Authentic Information: When requesting corrections or erasure, you must provide only verifiably true information. These duties ensure that rights are exercised responsibly and not misused.

Key Points

  • ✓Must comply with applicable laws while exercising rights
  • ✓Cannot impersonate another person
  • ✓Cannot suppress material information for official documents
  • ✓Cannot file false or frivolous complaints
  • ✓Must provide verifiably authentic information for corrections

Official Text (Summary)

A Data Principal must: comply with applicable laws while exercising rights; not impersonate another person when providing personal data; not suppress material information when providing data for official documents or identity proofs; not register false or frivolous grievances or complaints; and furnish only verifiably authentic information when exercising correction or erasure rights.

Source: The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (No. 22 of 2023), Ministry of Law and Justice.

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