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# Guides to the DPDP Act and Rules

- [\*\*Data Fiduciary compliance checklist\*\*An interactive checklist of the main DPDP Act and Rules obligations for Data Fiduciaries, with section and rule references.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/compliance-checklist/)
- [\*\*Significant Data Fiduciary obligations\*\*Who can be notified as a Significant Data Fiduciary and what extra duties apply under section 10 and rule 13.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/significant-data-fiduciary/)
- [\*\*Consent and Consent Managers\*\*How valid consent works under the DPDP Act, how to withdraw it, and how Consent Managers are registered.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/consent-and-consent-managers/)
- [\*\*Children's data\*\*Verifiable parental consent, the ban on tracking and targeted advertising, and the Fourth Schedule exemptions.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/childrens-data/)
- [\*\*Personal data breach notification\*\*What a Data Fiduciary must tell affected people and the Board after a personal data breach, and when.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/breach-notification/)
- [\*\*Data Principal rights\*\*Your rights under the DPDP Act: access, correction and erasure, grievance redressal and nomination, and your duties.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/data-principal-rights/)
- [\*\*Penalties under the DPDP Act\*\*The Schedule to the DPDP Act quoted exactly, with how the Board decides the amount.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/penalties/)
- [\*\*Cross-border transfers of personal data\*\*How section 16 and rule 15 govern transfers of personal data outside India.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/cross-border-transfers/)
- [\*\*DPDP Act vs GDPR\*\*A careful side-by-side comparison of India's DPDP Act and Rules with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.](https://dpdpr.in/guides/dpdp-vs-gdpr/)