Pune,
02 Dec,2025 : Ardent Privacy, an end to end privacy technology solutions
provider, today announced the launch of TurtleShield 4.0, the latest version of
its flagship privacy and data security automation platform. The release comes
at a critical moment as organizations seek to operationalize the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA)
and automate compliance.
Ardent
Privacy is supporting leading enterprises in India for over 3 years such as
HDFC Bank, Anchanto, HPCL and others
reinforcing its position as a
trusted provider of security and privacy automation solutions for India.
Understanding the
DPDPA: India’s New-Age Privacy Law
The
Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), passed in 2023 and being enforced
in phases starting Nov 13, 2025, marks India’s first comprehensive data
protection framework. The law governs how organizations collect, process,
store, and handle personal data of Indian citizens. The Act introduces
significant financial penalties, with fines up to ₹250 crore for
non-compliance, improper consent mechanisms, or failure to implement security
safeguards.
Operationalizing DPDPA:
The Challenge
As
organizations prepare for DPDPA compliance, moving from regulatory awareness to
actionable operational technology and
automation has become a significant priority. Operationalization requires
translating legal obligations into repeatable processes across departments,
including:
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Conducting Privacy Impact assessments ensuring
organizationwide accountability and maintaining unified compliance posture
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Automated Data
Discovery (Data Bill of Materials) and Classification
of personal data to enabling Data Principal Rights such as right to know, right
to erasure
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Unified Consent Management for lawful consent
and purpose for data collection
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Establish data retention, deletion mechanisms
aligned to legal requirements
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Implement Data Breach Management for
preparedness to respond
Organizations
are facing challenges due to lack of personal data inventory (DBoM - Data Bill
of Material), fragmented processes, manual assessments, and lack of
automation.Operationalizing DPDPA is not just about meeting regulatory
requirements, it is about embedding privacy into business operations to reduce
risk and ensure consistent compliance.
“We
are really happy to make a new platform available today to both Indian and global enterprises to meet unique
requirements of DPDPA” said Sameer Ahirrao, CEO of Ardent Privacy. “TurtleShield” is built on the strong foundation of most
efficient data discovery capabilities and implementing a Data Bill of Materials
for enterprise data which is essential to meet end-to-end privacy compliance
requirements. Along with collecting and storing the consent, it needs to be
implemented throughout the data life cycle where TurtleShield helps immensely.
How to operationalize DPDPA with TurtleShield with six steps
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TurtleShield
new Features and Enhancements:
With
TurtleShield 4.0, Ardent Privacy is enabling enterprises to operationalize
DPDPA end-to-end through a unified automation platform. New features include:
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Enhanced Support for India’s DPDPA Compliance
TurtleShield 4.0 tailored specifically for
India’s DPDPA. The platform now provides updated DPDPA-aligned templates,
workflows, and assessment structures to help Indian organizations
operationalize obligations such as consent management, data principal rights,
DPIAs, and lawful processing.
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Common Control Framework (CCF)
With CCF, responses from previously completed
assessments are auto-filled across templates with similar questions, reducing
redundancy and supporting compliance across jurisdictions. Users can also
manually adjust imported responses where necessary, ensuring both consistency
and flexibility. This helps business owners avoid repetitive work and saves
significant time by consolidating similar controls across multiple regulations.
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AI Governance Capabilities
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Data Lineage:
Track and monitor the flow of sensitive data across systems to ensure
governance and accountability.
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Sensitive Data Monitoring for AI:
Detects and manages sensitive data used in AI processes, minimizing risks of
non-compliance or misuse.
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Revamped Compliance Dashboard
A completely redesigned dashboard delivers
real-time visibility into compliance by framework, risk levels, and assessment
stages. The enhanced interface provides detailed insights at both the
departmental and user levels, representing a significant upgrade from version
3.0.
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Template Gallery and Global Question Library
Privacy Automation introduces an improved
template gallery with a premium template upload feature and a Global Question
Library in TurtleShield 4.0 version. Users can import questions across multiple assessments,
ensuring consistency and efficiency. Questions can also be filtered by template
or type for better user experience.
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Integrated training for Privacy champion and
Privacy officers
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Integrated training for Privacy champions and
Privacy officers
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Training for business owners for understanding
PIA/DPIAs.
Data
Discovery Enhancements/ New Features
Ardent
Privacy has enhanced its Data Discovery solution with connector creation,
multi-profiles, and custom data recognizers for tagging sensitive or
business-specific data.
● Bring
your own recognizer / organization specific data element scanning capabilities
- Scan organization-specific data elements for
precise and context-aware discovery.
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Profiling Feature - Allows
organizations to map, classify, and understand data across multiple systems
efficiently.
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Connector Creation & Multi-Profiles -
Users can create connectors with multiple profiles, including Custom Profiles,
Compliance Profiles, Country Profiles, and Custom Data Recognizers, enabling
precise and context-aware data discovery.
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Custom Tagging & Data Recognizers - Custom
profiles and recognizers allow tagging of sensitive or business-specific data,
ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory frameworks and internal policies.
These
capabilities provide organizations with enhanced visibility and control over
their data assets.
About
Ardent Privacy -
Ardent’s
mission is to help enterprises implement meaningful Privacy, Security and AI
Governance programs aligned to their business mission, building trust and
protecting data assets. Ardent’s technology “TurtleShield” is a holistic
software platform that empowers enterprise security, legal, and data teams to
implement and manage data privacy within the organizations with rapid data
asset visibility and actions to enable privacy compliance, govern AI risk,
meaningful data protection, and reduce cost of compliance and data breaches.
Our unique and patented ML/AI-powered technology helps organizations comply
with evolving privacy and AI regulations and accelerates adoption of AI
technologies. Ardent offers a low code platform to automate Privacy & AI
governance, rapid data discovery of data assets and consent management with
regional focus for global regulations.
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