Registration of Consent Managers
Eligibility, obligations and the duties of a registered Consent ManagerConsent Managers help people give, review, and withdraw consent across platforms.
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Consent Managers help people give, review, and withdraw consent across platforms. To register, a company must meet First Schedule conditions (Indian incorporation, ₹2 crore net worth, sound management, etc.). The Board can register, reject, suspend, or cancel registrations and require information.
Key points
- Apply to the Board with particulars published on its website
- Must meet First Schedule Part A conditions and Part B obligations
- Board may suspend or cancel registration after hearing the Manager
This rule gives effect to Section 6 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
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Reproduced from the Gazette notification (G.S.R. 846(E), 13 November 2025).
4. Registration and obligations of Consent Manager. - (1) A person who fulfils the conditions for registration of Consent Managers set out in Part A of First Schedule may apply to the Board for registration as a Consent Manager by furnishing such particulars and such other information and documents as the Board may publish in this behalf on its website. (2) On receipt of such application, the Board may make such inquiry as it may deem fit to satisfy itself regarding fulfilment of the conditions set out in Part A of First Schedule, and if it - (a) is satisfied, register the applicant as a Consent Manager, under intimation to the applicant, and publish on its website the particulars of such Consent Manager; or (b) is not satisfied, reject the application and communicate the reasons for the rejection to the applicant. (3) The Consent Manager shall have obligations as specified in Part B of First Schedule. (4) If the Board is of the opinion that a Consent Manager is not adhering to the conditions and obligations under this rule,it may, after giving an opportunity of being heard, inform the Consent Manager of such nonadherence and direct the Consent Manager to take measures to ensure adherence. (5) The Board may, if it is satisfied that it is necessary so to do in the interests of Data Principals, after giving the Consent Manager an opportunity of being heard, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, - (a) suspend or cancel the registration of such Consent Manager; and (b) give such directions as it may deem fit to that Consent Manager, to protect the interests of the Data Principals. (6) The Board may, for the purposes of this rule, require the Consent Manager to furnish such information as the Board may call for.