Why Your HR Data Must Stay in India: DPDP Act Compliance

## The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act Under the **Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023**, employee records—including Aadhaar numbers, PAN cards, bank account details, and biometric facial data—constitute sensitive personal data. ### 3 Key Reasons to Host in India (AWS Mumbai / Hyderabad): 1. **Regulatory Compliance:** Strict adherence to data fiduciary obligations under Indian jurisdiction. 2. **Sub-20ms Latency:** Local data centers provide significantly faster response times for biometric attendance devices and mobile check-ins. 3. **Dedicated Database Isolation:** Ensuring tenant database separation rather than shared multi-tenant tables protects corporate privacy. --- ## Security Guarantees HR Instance guarantees **100% India Data Residency** with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit.