Section 12Rights and Duties of Data Principal
Right to correction and erasure of personal data
Official statutory text · Gazette of India
A Data Principal shall have the right to correction, completion, updating and erasure of her personal data, and the Data Fiduciary shall, upon receipt of such a request, correct inaccurate or misleading data, complete incomplete data, update relevant data, and erase data that is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was processed, unless retention is necessary for a specified purpose or compliance with law.
Plain-language explanation
- Correction and erasure travel together with completion and updating — the right isn't limited to fixing errors, it also covers finishing incomplete records.
Reconstructed for readability from the publicly notified DPDP Act, 2023. Always verify exact wording against the official Gazette of India before relying on this for legal or compliance decisions.