DPDP Product Team Working Session: Cost & Deliverables

DPDP Product Team Working Session: What it Includes & What You Get

A DPDP Product Team Working Session is a focused engagement designed specifically for product managers, product owners, and engineers responsible for features touching personal data. This session aligns product development with India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, ensuring compliance is built-in from conception to deployment.

Meridian Bridge Strategy (MBS) structures this deep dive as part of a broader DPDP Workshop, or a DPDP Readiness Audit. The cost for such a session is typically integrated within our DPDP Readiness Audit (₹2L – ₹6L) or the more comprehensive DPDP Workshop (₹5L – ₹10L) tiers, depending on the scope and depth required.

What the Product Team Working Session Covers in Detail

Sushant Pasamarty, founder of Meridian Bridge Strategy, leads these sessions. His background in product development for identity verification, cybersecurity, and e-commerce at companies like IDfy, CyberArk, and Cyware provides a practical perspective on integrating compliance without stifling innovation. The session focuses on operationalizing DPDP requirements directly within the product lifecycle.

• Data Flow Mapping Specific to Products: We identify every instance of personal data collection, processing, storage, and sharing within your product features. This goes beyond organizational data mapping to a granular, feature-by-feature analysis. This is a core component of MBS's Data Mapping service (₹1.5L – ₹3L).
• Feature-Level Gap Analysis: Each product feature handling personal data is evaluated against DPDP principles. This includes assessing current consent mechanisms, data minimisation practices, data retention policies, and security measures. We look for discrepancies between your product's functionality and DPDP mandates.
• Privacy-by-Design Principles Application: The session guides your product team on embedding DPDP compliance from the design phase. This involves exploring technical and organizational measures to ensure data protection is a default setting, not an afterthought.
• User Rights Implementation (DSAR, Deletion): We review how your product enables Data Principals (users) to exercise their rights, such as requesting data access (DSAR), correction, or deletion. This includes evaluating the technical feasibility and user experience of current or proposed mechanisms.
• Vendor & Third-Party Data Sharing Review: For each product feature that shares data with third-party APIs, SDKs, or vendors, we assess the compliance implications, focusing on Data Processor Agreements (DPAs) and explicit consent requirements.

What Your Product Team Walks Away With

After the working session, your product team will have concrete, actionable outputs to integrate DPDP compliance into their ongoing work:

• Product-Specific Data Flow Diagrams: Visual representations detailing personal data journeys within key product features, highlighting collection points, processing stages, and data sharing.
• Feature-Level DPDP Gap Report: A detailed breakdown of compliance gaps for specific product features, with clear references to DPDP sections and their impact.
• Prioritized Product Compliance Roadmap (90-Day): A focused list of actionable recommendations for your product team, prioritized by risk and effort, with a 90-day implementation timeline. This directly informs the roadmap delivered in the MBS DPDP Workshop (₹5L – ₹10L).
• Privacy-by-Design Best Practices for Product: Practical guidelines and examples for integrating data protection principles into your product development lifecycle.
• Revised Product Requirements/User Stories: Examples of how to bake DPDP requirements directly into product requirement documents (PRDs) or user stories for new features or iterations.

Who This Working Session Is For

This dedicated DPDP Product Team Working Session is ideal for:

• Product Managers & Owners: Those responsible for defining, designing, and launching product features that handle personal data.
• CTOs & Engineering Leads: Leaders overseeing the technical implementation and architecture of data-processing systems within products.
• UI/UX Designers: Designers who need to understand how DPDP impacts consent flows, user journeys, and data display within the product interface.
• Data Architects & Engineers: Teams building and maintaining the databases and data pipelines that store and process personal data.

What This Working Session Costs

The DPDP Product Team Working Session is a specialized component within Meridian Bridge Strategy's broader service offerings. Its cost is integrated into one of our productized tiers:

The specific cost within these ranges depends on the number of products/features to be analyzed, the complexity of data flows, and the number of team members involved. Sushant Pasamarty works with you to scope the engagement precisely.

What This Session Does NOT Include

To set clear expectations, the DPDP Product Team Working Session focuses on analysis, recommendations, and roadmap development:

• No Code Implementation: This session does not involve MBS engineers directly modifying your product code or systems.
• No Ongoing DPO Services: While the session informs DPO responsibilities, it does not provide continuous Data Protection Officer (DPO) services. This is covered in our Full DPDP Consulting tier.
• No Legal Opinion on Specific Implementations: While providing compliance guidance, this session does not offer formal legal opinions or certifications. Consult with your legal counsel for specific legal interpretations.
• No Training for Other Departments: This session is specifically tailored for product and engineering teams. Broader organizational training is part of a full DPDP Workshop.

Next Step: Align Your Product with DPDP

If your product team is ready to proactively embed DPDP compliance into your development lifecycle, a focused working session is a critical investment. It translates legal requirements into actionable product strategy, minimizing future risks and ensuring user trust.