That old Excel sheet with 500 customer numbers? It could cost you.
You saved a customer list two years ago. You never deleted it. Now it is just sitting there — on your laptop, in Google Drive, maybe on a pen drive too. Under India's new DPDP law, keeping people's information longer than needed is against the rules. Old files are not harmless. They are silent risk. If something goes wrong, you are responsible.
Think about your business right now. Do you have an old Excel file with customer phone numbers from 2022? Did your HR save 200 resumes on a shared folder and forget about them? Did someone export a salary report as a PDF and leave it in Google Drive? All of this is people's information. The DPDP law says — if you do not need it anymore, delete it. Keeping it without reason can bring a fine or complaint against your business.
Open your laptop and delete old customer lists and lead files now.
Ask HR to remove old resumes and salary files not needed anymore.
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