The DPDPA introduces the Consent Manager as an accountable, Board-registered intermediary that gives individuals a single point to manage consent. It is a distinct concept from a website CMP, though the two work together: a CMP captures and enforces consent on a given property, while a Consent Manager offers the cross-fiduciary, individual-facing dashboard the Act envisions.
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The DPDPA (DPDP Act 2023) is India's national data-protection law, requiring clear notice and free, specific, informed consent before processing personal data, with the DPDP Rules notified on 13 November 2025.
A consent management platform (CMP) is software that collects, stores and enforces a user's choices about cookies and personal-data processing, and proves those choices to regulators.
Under India's DPDPA, a Data Principal is the individual whose personal data is being processed, equivalent to a 'data subject' under the GDPR.