Does Skie comply with India's DPDP Act?

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 sets rules for how personal data is processed, with particular attention to children's data. The organisation that decides why and how data is used carries the main duties: telling people what is collected and why, getting consent where it is needed, and handling requests. A device management tool is a service the organisation uses, not a substitute for those duties.

What Skie contributes is a set of controls that make good practice easier. The enterprise product stores data in an India region. It collects a narrow set of data and leaves out messages, call logs, audio and video. Roles and page access limit who sees what. An audit log records changes. Reassigning a student clears student-linked data from the device record.

What it does not do is write your notice, collect parental consent for you or decide your legal basis. Those sit with the school. If you use location, the point matters more, because tracking a child needs clear consent and a written policy.

Read the Act and any rules made under it with your own adviser, and check what applies to institutions like yours. Rules and guidance on children's data are still developing, so a dated review beats a one-time reading.

A practical tip: before the pilot, write a one-page data note: what is collected, where it is stored, who sees it, how long it is kept and how a parent can ask a question. Share it with families at the same time as the consent form, and have your adviser check it.

• Skie gives controls, the organisation gives notices and consent
• India region storage for the enterprise product
• Narrow data collection, no message content
• General information, not legal advice