Privacy Control Crosswalk: ISO 27701:2025 to GDPR and DPDP

All 82 ISO/IEC 27701:2025 subclauses mapped to the GDPR article and the DPDP Act section or 2025 Rule that covers them, so your team runs one control set against two regulators instead of two.

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September 15, 2026

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ISO/IEC 27701:2025 is now a standalone privacy standard. India’s DPDP Rules were notified in November 2025, with substantive compliance obligations kicking in by May 2027. If your organization operates under GDPR and needs to align with DPDP (or is pursuing 27701 certification alongside either), you’re cross-referencing three frameworks manually.

This mapping does that work for you. It aligns 82 ISO/IEC 27701:2025 subclauses to their corresponding GDPR articles and DPDP Act 2023/Rules 2025 sections

Key Takeaways

Where the two part company: the DPDP Act has no right to object, it relies on withdrawal of consent instead

Where the two part company: the DPDP Act has no right to object, it relies on withdrawal of consent instead

Three duties GDPR puts on your processor that India puts back on you, so your contracts can be corrected

Which obligations only start once you are notified a Significant Data Fiduciary, so you do not over-budget

What’s Inside

Every row is one ISO/IEC 27701:2025 subclause, grouped the way the standard groups them.
Security controls (encryption, access control, breach notification, logging)
Controller obligations (consent, notice, data minimization, cross-border transfers, erasure)
Processor responsibilities (contractual safeguards, sub-processing, data return/deletion)
Management system requirements (DPIA, DPO appointment, audit, risk assessment).