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CSO and NGO Systems · DPDP Compliance and Consent

Consent that people understand.

A Consent Management Platform with a DPO dashboard, a data principal portal and a staff portal. Backed by a baseline assessment, expert advice and a compliance programme of three to twelve months.

DPDP Act 2023 · DPDP Rules 2025 · Data in India

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What we offer

One platform, and the help to use it well.

The Consent Management Platform is three portals: one for your DPO, one for the people whose data you hold, and one for your staff. Around it sits the work that makes it real.

  1. 01

    The Consent Management Platform

    A DPO dashboard, a data principal portal and a staff portal, white-label and hosted in India.

  2. 02

    Baseline assessment

    Every question tied to the Act, answered by the team that owns it, with “I do not know” counted as a gap.

  3. 03

    Consulting and advisory

    Purposes and lawful basis, notices and policies, vendor contracts, children's data, board briefings and breach drills.

  4. 04

    DPDP compliance programme

    Fix the gaps, roll out the platform, train your people, and be audit ready.

    3 to 12 months
The DPO dashboard: notices, consent, rights requests and where the gaps are

The platform your DPO opens every morning.

Every consent, every purpose, on record.

The consent ledger: notice version, purposes agreed, and when each choice changed
The data principal's own view of what is held and what they have agreed to

The DPO's record, and the same choices in the hands of the person they belong to.

Every DPDP duty, turned into a simple workflow.

What the law asks, and where it lives in the product.

Notice

Plain, itemised and multilingual, with audio for people who do not read.

Consent

Free, specific and informed: a separate choice for each purpose.

Children

Verifiable parental consent, checked by OTP, ID or family record.

Rights

Access, correction, erasure and grievance, with a timer on each.

Retention

Keep only as long as needed, and erase on schedule.

Breaches

Tell the Board, and tell the people affected, in their language.

People see what you hold, and choose.

A portal in the person's own name: what data you hold, which purposes they have agreed to, and a way to change their mind that actually takes effect.

  1. 01What you hold, in plain wordsListed by purpose, not by table name, in the language they enrolled in.
  2. 02One tap to withdrawAs easy to take back as it was to give, and every connected system is updated.
  3. 03Access, correction, erasureRaised from the portal, on WhatsApp or on the helpline, all into one queue.
  4. 04A named grievance officerReachable, with every complaint logged and escalated before a deadline slips.
The data principal portal: what is held, what was agreed, and how to change it

Know where every record lives, and when it should go.

Discover the systems that hold personal data, classify what is in them, set retention before collection, and manage the vendors who touch it.

  1. 01DiscoverEvery system, spreadsheet and vendor that holds personal data, named.
  2. 02ClassifyWhat kind of data, whose, and under which purpose it was collected.
  3. 03Erase on timeRetention set before collection, and erasure that runs on schedule.
  4. 04Manage vendorsProcessor agreements on file, data flows mapped, renewals flagged before expiry.
The data map: systems, data types, purposes and retention

When something goes wrong, know exactly what to do.

A breach is a clock, not a conversation. Log it in a minute, contain and assess it, notify on time, and record what changed afterwards.

  1. 01Anyone in the organisation can log one, in a minute
  2. 02Contain and assess: who and what is affected
  3. 03A 72-hour timer, with the Board report drafted for you
  4. 04Tell the people affected, in their own language
Breach response: the timer, the assessment and the notifications due

Know where you stand, before you start.

A baseline assessment with every question tied to the Act, answered by the team that owns that part of the work, and a plan that comes out of it on day one.

  1. 01Every question tied to a section of the Act
  2. 02Each team answers its own part, not one person guessing
  3. 03“I do not know” counts as a gap, not as a pass
  4. 04A clear, dated plan from day one
The baseline assessment: questions by team, with gaps scored

Your brand. Every language. Any network. Fully DPDP compliant.

Four promises that hold on every screen, for every user, from the first sign-up to the last report.

White-label

Your platform, your name.

  • Your logo, colours and web address
  • Android app and web in your brand
  • Your data stays yours, always
  • Move off any other platform, with our help

Multilingual

In the language people speak.

  • Hindi, English and major Indian languages
  • Voice notes and read-aloud for low literacy
  • AI translation between languages
  • Messages on WhatsApp and SMS in each person's language

Works offline

Built for patchy networks.

  • Consent captured offline in the field app; synced later
  • Light on data, works on basic Android phones
  • SMS and voice-call fallbacks
  • Nothing lost when the signal drops

DPDP compliant

Consent first, on every screen.

  • Clear consent, recorded and easy to withdraw
  • Only the data you need, for a stated purpose
  • Parental consent for children's data
  • Data in India, access logs and breach alerts

Collect, respect and govern.

Built for every person whose data you hold.

12 notice languagesPlain-language notices, with audio, in English and Indian languages
1 tap to withdrawAs easy to take back as it was to give
72 hour breach timerA response plan that follows the law, step by step
100% of choices loggedEvery notice version, consent and change on record

Every step of compliance, handled.

Four things every organisation needs first.

  1. 01 · Notice

    Notices people understand

    Plain, itemised and multilingual, with audio for people who do not read.

    Notices and purpose-wise consent, versioned
  2. 02 · Consent

    A choice for every purpose

    Free, specific and informed, and as easy to take back as to give.

    Rights requests in one queue, each on a timer
  3. 03 · Rights

    Requests answered on time

    Access, correction, erasure and grievance, with a timer on each.

    Every system holding personal data, and for how long
  4. 04 · Prove

    Ready for any audit

    Every notice version, consent and change, in one download.

    A breach, against the clock the law sets

Whose data it protects.

Every person whose name sits in your systems deserves the same respect.

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Beneficiaries

The people your programmes serve, who gave their data on day one.

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Children

Whose data needs a parent's verified yes, and no tracking at all.

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Donors

Who chose email, WhatsApp or SMS, separately, and can change it.

Villagers collecting waste into sacks04

Volunteers

Whose records are kept only as long as the programme needs them.

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Research participants

Who consented to one study, and whose names come off after analysis.

The Global Goals it moves.

5Gender Equality
9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10Reduced Inequalities
16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17Partnerships for the Goals

Every feature

Everything you need to be DPDP ready.

Consent

  • Notice builder

  • Indian languages

  • Purpose-wise consent

  • Withdraw as easily

  • Parental consent

  • Offline capture

Rights and records

  • Rights request portal

  • Deadline timers

  • Data map

  • Retention automation

  • Consent ledger

  • Record of processing

Governance

  • Breach response

  • Impact assessments

  • Roles and access

  • Consent API

  • Data in India

  • Compliance dashboard

What a privacy team sees at a glance.

Pieces of the product teams open every day.

A person's own view of the data held about them

In the person's hand

  • CMCharu MenonAccess · today×
  • ABAnita BaruaCorrection · yesterday×
  • RKRavi KumarErasure · 2 days×

Rights requests

4

1,312

Today

  1. Received
  2. Verified
  3. Acted on
  4. Closed

Request status

CSO and NGO SystemsDPDP Compliance and Consent
  • Field appOffline
  • Auto syncOn

Consent with no network

Active in 18 states

Chapters

1,18,240

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Consents this month

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In 11 languages

% field app58

Consents by channel

Everything a privacy programme runs on.

Open any one to see it in the product.

  • Plain, itemised, multilingual notices with audio, versioned every time they change.

    Consent record
    • PersonAnita Barua · Sitapur
    • Notice versionv3 · Hindi · read aloud
    • Purposes agreedProgramme delivery, photographs
    • WithdrawnResearch · 12 Oct
    Consents by channel
    Field app58%
    Web and portal22%
    WhatsApp14%
    Paper, scanned6%
  • Purpose-wise consent across every programme, with the ledger behind it.

    Rights requests
    • CMCharu MenonAccess · today×
    • ABAnita BaruaCorrection · yesterday×
    • RKRavi KumarErasure · 2 days×
    Staff signed off
    • RKRavi Kumar
    • ABAnita Barua
    • SRShalini Rao
    • ISImran Shaikh
  • One queue for the portal, WhatsApp and the helpline, with a timer on each.

    Open obligations
    • !Erasure request · 4 days left
    • Retention run completed · 2,140 records
    • !Processor agreement expires · 30 days
    Request
    1. Received
    2. Verified
    3. Acted on
    4. Closed
  • Every system that holds personal data, what is in it, and when it should go.

    Consents by channel
    % field app58
    Field appOther channels
    Consents this month

    1,18,240

    Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
  • Log, assess, notify and learn, against the clock the law sets.

    Devices
    • Field tablets · 42Offline
    • Auto syncOn
    • Conflict checkOn
    Records queued

    318

    will sync on Wi-Fi

  • Their own view of what you hold, and a withdrawal that takes effect everywhere.

    Roles
    • AdminFull access
    • System leadOwn data
    • Field staffCapture only
    Systems
    Active128
    Pending6
Consent record
  • PersonAnita Barua · Sitapur
  • Notice versionv3 · Hindi · read aloud
  • Purposes agreedProgramme delivery, photographs
  • WithdrawnResearch · 12 Oct
Consents by channel
Field app58%
Web and portal22%
WhatsApp14%
Paper, scanned6%
Rights requests
  • CMCharu MenonAccess · today×
  • ABAnita BaruaCorrection · yesterday×
  • RKRavi KumarErasure · 2 days×
Staff signed off
  • RKRavi Kumar
  • ABAnita Barua
  • SRShalini Rao
  • ISImran Shaikh
Open obligations
  • !Erasure request · 4 days left
  • Retention run completed · 2,140 records
  • !Processor agreement expires · 30 days
Request
  1. Received
  2. Verified
  3. Acted on
  4. Closed
Consents by channel
% field app58
Field appOther channels
Consents this month

1,18,240

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
Devices
  • Field tablets · 42Offline
  • Auto syncOn
  • Conflict checkOn
Records queued

318

will sync on Wi-Fi

Roles
  • AdminFull access
  • System leadOwn data
  • Field staffCapture only
Systems
Active128
Pending6

From the people using it.

Before the baseline we could not have told you which systems held a child's name. Now the map names all fourteen, and three of them have gone.
Ravi KumarData Protection Officer, Aarambh Foundation
The notice is read aloud in Assamese and the person ticks the purposes themselves. Nobody signs something they have not heard.
Anita BaruaField Coordinator
The board pack used to be a scramble. The audit pack is a download now, and I can see the gaps before anyone else does.
Shalini RaoTrustee

One consent layer under every system.

Check consent through an API before any system uses data. Connects to your beneficiary apps, CRM, surveys, WhatsApp and SMS, and to every Commons product.

Pricing that fits your data.

Priced by the number of people whose data you hold. Every plan is white-label and hosted in India: your name on every notice, consent screen and request portal.

Community

For small organisations getting started

Custom

  • Notices in 2 languages
  • Purpose-wise consent and ledger
  • Rights request portal
  • Readiness checklist
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Nonprofits

Most popular

For programmes with lakhs of beneficiaries

Custom

  • Everything in Community
  • Notices in all your languages
  • Parental consent and offline capture
  • Data map, retention and breach response
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Large nonprofits and enterprises

For networks, foundations and significant data fiduciaries

Custom

  • Everything in Nonprofits
  • Consent API across all systems
  • Impact assessments and audits
  • Security reviews and SSO
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Getting DPDP ready this year?

“Tell us how your programme runs today. We will show you the product on your own workflow, and be honest about whether it fits.”
SG
Satyam GambhirCo-founder, commons.inc
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Quick answers.

  • Yes. Any organisation that processes digital personal data in India is a data fiduciary, whether it sells products or serves communities.

  • Yes. Notices can be read aloud by a field worker, consent captured offline in the app, and a copy sent by SMS. Paper forms can be scanned and logged.

  • The system asks for verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, checked by OTP, ID or family record, and blocks tracking or targeting of children.

  • No. It is a system that makes compliance practical. We work with your legal advisers to set purposes, retention and notices for your organisation.

  • Yes; we stay through launch until your team runs it.

Built for everyone who holds people's data.

Nonprofits

Beneficiary, donor and volunteer data handled with care.

Foundations and CSR

Grantee and beneficiary data across partners.

Field programmes

Consent captured offline, in every language.

Networks and platforms

One consent layer across many systems.

“Consent is not a checkbox. It is a promise to every person whose story sits in your database.*”

PM
Prashant Mehra
CEO, commons.inc

“commons stayed through the messy months after launch, training our team and fixing what the field broke, until the system genuinely ran without them.*”

MK
Meera Krishnan
Executive Director, Saahas Community Foundation

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