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DPDP data rights: what a clinic has to be able to handle

“DPDPA compliant” is a phrase most clinic software uses without saying what it actually means for a clinic day to day. This guide names the rights a patient can exercise under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, and what Yuktii's data-rights tracker does when one comes in. It is a plain-language summary, not legal advice.

Buyer checklist

  • 01Know which rights a patient can exercise under the DPDP Rules, 2025
  • 02Know the response deadline a clinic is expected to meet
  • 03See what a request tracker should record
  • 04Know where to send a patient who asks to exercise a right

The rights, in the government's own words

The Government of India's notice on the DPDP Rules, 2025 (14 November 2025) lists: the right to give or refuse consent and withdraw it at any time; the right to know what data is held and why; the right to access a copy of personal data; the right to correct or update it; the right to request erasure; and the right to nominate another person to exercise these rights on the individual's behalf, for example during illness.

The 90-day ceiling

The same notice states it plainly: “Data Fiduciaries are required to address all requests related to access, correction, updating or erasure within a maximum of ninety days.” A clinic that runs on Yuktii is a Data Fiduciary for its patients' data, so a request should be logged with a due date, not left to memory.

What Yuktii's request tracker records

Yuktii logs a data-rights request by type (access, correction, erasure, consent withdrawal, nomination or grievance), who asked and how to reach them, which patient it concerns, and when it was received. A due date is set from receipt, and the request is tracked until it is closed, so nothing sits unanswered past the 90-day ceiling.

Erasure, in practice

A full deletion of a patient's clinical history is rarely right: past prescriptions and treatment history matter to continuity of care and to a clinic's own records. When a patient's erasure request is granted, Yuktii replaces personal identifiers (name, phone, email, address) on that record with anonymised values, while keeping the de-identified clinical and financial history. The record ID stays, so anything built on it (an old invoice, a report) still resolves; the person cannot be identified from it any more.

Nomination and consent withdrawal

A patient can name someone to act for them, and Yuktii keeps a nominee's name, relation and phone against the patient record. Consent withdrawal is a request type in the same tracker, separate from an actual consent record such as a signed procedure consent.

If personal data is exposed

The DPDP Rules give a Data Fiduciary 72 hours to give the Data Protection Board a detailed report of a personal data breach, and require affected people to be told what happened and what they can do. Yuktii runs its own incident tracker against that 72-hour clock and records when affected clinics and patients are notified.

What this does not cover

This guide summarises one government notice and one part of Yuktii. It does not cover the DPDP Act's other obligations (consent notices, cross-border transfer, Consent Managers, the Data Protection Board's procedure), and it is not a substitute for your own legal advice.

Common questions

What rights can a patient ask a clinic to honour under the DPDP Rules?

Access to their data, correction or updating of it, erasure, withdrawal of consent, and nominating someone else to act for them, per the Government of India's notice on the DPDP Rules, 2025.

How long does a clinic have to respond?

The same notice states a maximum of ninety days for requests related to access, correction, updating or erasure.

Does Yuktii delete a patient's record on an erasure request?

It replaces personal identifiers with anonymised values and keeps the de-identified clinical and financial history, rather than deleting the record outright.

Can a patient nominate someone to act for them?

Yes. Yuktii records a nominee's name, relation and phone against the patient.

What happens if there is a data breach?

Yuktii tracks the incident against the 72-hour window the DPDP Rules give for reporting to the Data Protection Board, and records when affected clinics and patients are notified.

Is this legal advice?

No. It summarises one official notice and one part of the product. Confirm your obligations with your own legal counsel.

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