SCENARIO E03 · CHILDREN & GUARDIANS
An EdTech product changes the purpose of a child profile after sign-up. What should be revisited?
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
The purpose, notice, guardian-consent scope and any applicable exemption.
Treat purpose change as a decision point, not a silent configuration update.
WHY THE OTHER INSTINCTS MISS
The purpose, notice, guardian-consent scope and any applicable exemption.
Correct. A changed purpose can move beyond what was explained and verified originally.
Only the internal product roadmap.
Internal planning does not update the information or consent on which processing depends.
Nothing, because the profile was already created.
Existing data is not an unlimited licence for a new purpose.
BUILD THIS EVIDENCE
Purpose-change record, revised notice, guardian workflow and exemption assessment.
This artefact supports review. It does not certify compliance or replace advice on your facts.
- Guidance type
- legal requirement
- Pinpoint
- Act ss. 5–6 and 9; Rules 3, 10 and 12; G.S.R. 843(E) and 846(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 pinpointsDigital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)) ↗
Final Rules with phased commencement. Scenario pinpoints identify the particular Rule being taught.
Rule 1(2)–(4), read with the corrigendumDPDP 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)