{
  "id": 486501,
  "title": "The DPDP Act Is \"In Force.\" Here's What That Actually Means for Your Codebase",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/the-dpdp-act-is-in-force-heres-what-that-actually-means-for-your",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-10T16:53:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/advocate_peeshchopra_e2b/the-dpdp-act-is-in-force-heres-what-that-actually-means-for-your-codebase-47ed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A three-person startup ships an MVP. It stores user phone numbers, email addresses and rough location data in a shared Postgres instance. There is no consent banner, no data retention job, no documented breach process. When a co-founder raises the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the answer from the team is: \"relax, it's not even fully in force yet.\" That answer is half right and half…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}