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# Section 12. Right to correction and erasure of personal data

DPDP Act, 2023 · Chapter III: Rights and Duties of Data Principal

## In simple words

You can ask to correct, complete, update or erase your data. The company must correct or update it. It must erase it unless it needs the data for the purpose you agreed to or a law requires it to keep it.

- **What this means for you**: Wrong address or old phone number? Ask the company to fix it. You can also ask it to delete your data.

- **What this means for businesses**: Have a process to correct and erase data, and record legal reasons when you must keep it.

- **Everyday example**: You close your account on a shopping site and ask it to delete your data. It deletes it, except records it must keep under tax law.

सरल शब्दों में (हिन्दी अनुवाद)

आप अपने डेटा को ठीक करने, पूरा करने, अपडेट करने या मिटाने के लिए कह सकते हैं। कंपनी को उसे ठीक या अपडेट करना होगा। उसे डेटा मिटाना होगा, जब तक कि आपके दिए उद्देश्य के लिए डेटा की ज़रूरत न हो या कोई कानून उसे रखने को न कहे।

- **आपके लिए इसका मतलब**: पता गलत है या फ़ोन नंबर पुराना है? कंपनी से इसे ठीक करने को कहें। आप अपना डेटा मिटाने के लिए भी कह सकते हैं।

- **कारोबार के लिए इसका मतलब**: डेटा ठीक करने और मिटाने की प्रक्रिया रखें, और जब डेटा रखना ज़रूरी हो तो उसका कानूनी कारण दर्ज करें।

- **रोज़मर्रा का उदाहरण**: आप एक शॉपिंग साइट पर अपना अकाउंट बंद करते हैं और डेटा मिटाने को कहते हैं। साइट डेटा मिटा देती है, सिवाय उन रिकॉर्ड के जिन्हें टैक्स कानून के तहत रखना ज़रूरी है।

This is our Hindi translation of the plain English summary above, not the official Hindi text of the Act. If they differ, the official text prevails.

## Who it applies to

Data Principals and Data Fiduciaries.

## Related Rules

- [Rule 14. Rights of Data Principals](https://dpdpr.in/rules/rule-14/) From 13 May 2027

### Related sections

- [Section 8. General obligations of Data Fiduciary](https://dpdpr.in/act/section-8/)
- [Section 11. Right to access information about personal data](https://dpdpr.in/act/section-11/)
- [Section 15. Duties of Data Principal](https://dpdpr.in/act/section-15/)

Official text as notified

Source: [MeitY copy of the Gazette (CG-DL-E-12082023-248045), page 10](https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2024/02/Digital-Personal-Data-Protection-Act-2023.pdf#page=10). Printed dashes are shown as colons; the wording is unchanged.

(1) A Data Principal shall have the right to correction, completion, updating and erasure of her personal data for the processing of which she has previously given consent, including consent as referred to in clause (a) of section 7, in accordance with any requirement or procedure under any law for the time being in force.

(2) A Data Fiduciary shall, upon receiving a request for correction, completion or updating from a Data Principal,

(a) correct the inaccurate or misleading personal data;

(b) complete the incomplete personal data; and

(c) update the personal data.

(3) A Data Principal shall make a request in such manner as may be prescribed to the Data Fiduciary for erasure of her personal data, and upon receipt of such a request, the Data Fiduciary shall erase her personal data unless retention of the same is necessary for the specified purpose or for compliance with any law for the time being in force.

## When this takes effect

- Whole section **Starts 13 May 2027** 191 days to go

Source: [G.S.R. 843(E)](https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/11/c56ceae6c383460ca69577428d36828b.pdf) and [rule 1](https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/11/53450e6e5dc0bfa85ebd78686cadad39.pdf). [All deadlines](https://dpdpr.in/deadlines/)