# How does the DPDP Act protect my child's information?

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India's DPDP Act, 2023 gives children's data special protection: organisations must obtain verifiable parental or guardian consent before processing a child's personal data, and are barred from tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising aimed at children. Parents keep rights to know what is held, correct it and request erasure, and data may be used only for the agreed purpose.

*You trusted us with your child's first words and first steps — protecting their information is part of that same trust.*

## In short
India's **Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023** treats children's data as deserving special protection. For anyone under 18, an organisation must obtain **verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian** before processing personal data, and is prohibited from tracking, behaviourally monitoring or targeting advertising at children. In plain terms: your consent is the gatekeeper, your child's data may only be used for the purpose you agreed to, and you keep the right to ask what is held and to have it corrected or erased.

## What this means for your family
- **Parental consent first.** Before a child's developmental or therapy information is processed, the organisation must verify and obtain your consent as parent or guardian.
- **No profiling or ad-targeting of children.** The law specifically bars tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising directed at children.
- **Purpose limitation.** Data shared for your child's care may be used only for that stated purpose — not quietly repurposed.
- **Your standing rights.** You can ask what data is held, request correction of anything inaccurate, and request erasure when it is no longer needed.
- **Accountability on the organisation.** A 'Data Fiduciary' that handles your child's information is legally responsible for safeguarding it and for honouring your requests.

This is a data-protection matter, not a medical one — but it sits at the heart of how a responsible developmental network earns and keeps your trust.

## The Pinnacle way
Your child's developmental records, assessment notes and therapy progress are handled under consent you control, used only to support your child's care, and protected as sensitive information. A clinical [AbilityScore®](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated) and any diagnosis are formed only at a Pinnacle Blooms Network centre, under qualified clinician care — never from a form, an app, or shared without your consent. You can begin your child's [journey](/) with us knowing that privacy is built into the care, and explore how [structured assessment](/) supports your family with full transparency.

## Trusted sources
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (provisions on children's data and verifiable parental consent). General principles of lawful, purpose-limited data processing and data-subject rights.

**Next step —** Want to understand exactly how your child's information is used in their care plan? [Speak with a Pinnacle centre](/) and we will walk you through it.

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

## Sources
- World Health Organization: https://www.who.int

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