SCENARIO C03 · NOTICE, PURPOSE & CONSENT
A person voluntarily gives an address and asks a shop to deliver an order. What may matter most?
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Why you are seeing this step
This field note uses one realistic decision to separate the official source, an editorial interpretation, a practical option, evidence to keep, and any uncertainty that still depends on your facts.
Educational only, not legal advice. Source status is dated 13 May 2027; inspect the official links below before relying on it.
BEST NEXT STEP
Use the address for the requested delivery purpose and stop if the person indicates that use is no longer needed.
Identify the requested service purpose and its limits. A clear service notice is useful, but do not misstate section 7(a) as an automatic consent-notice requirement.
WHY THE OTHER INSTINCTS MISS
Use the address for the requested delivery purpose and stop if the person indicates that use is no longer needed.
Correct. Act section 7(a) addresses personal data voluntarily provided for a specified requested purpose; it is not a blanket marketing permission.
Require a consent popup for the same delivery instruction in every case.
The framework also recognises certain legitimate uses. The basis is fact-specific, not a universal popup rule.
Reuse the address for unrelated partner promotions.
The requested delivery purpose does not automatically extend to unrelated promotional use.
BUILD THIS EVIDENCE
Order-purpose map, service communication and stop-processing signal for the requested use.
This artefact supports review. It does not certify compliance or replace advice on your facts.
- Guidance type
- fact-dependent
- Pinpoint
- Act s. 7(a), including illustrations; G.S.R. 843(E)
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-30
- Change note
- Status and pinpoint reviewed against the official Act, final Rules, commencement notification and corrigendum for this educational website.
OFFICIAL SOURCE TRAIL
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act No. 22 of 2023) ↗
Definitions and specified machinery provisions are operative; most substantive duties and rights are notified for later commencement. Check each scenario's status record.
Act s. 1(2); provision-specific section pinpointsDPDP Act commencement notification G.S.R. 843(E) ↗
Appoints immediate, one-year and eighteen-month commencement cohorts for the Act.
G.S.R. 843(E), clauses (a)–(c)