The DPDP Act 2023 creates a new category: the Consent Manager. Find out if your business needs to register, what it involves, and how to prepare.
These are different things. A Consent Manager under the DPDP Act is a registered intermediary that holds a user's consent choices and acts on their behalf across multiple services — similar to the Account Aggregator model in finance. A Consent Management Platform (CMP) is a technology tool (like OneTrust or CookiePro) that companies use to manage their own cookie and consent collection. Most Indian companies need the latter; only a small category of intermediary platforms will need to register as Consent Managers.
The Consent Manager registration framework is being specified in the DPDP Rules 2025, which were notified in November 2025. The Data Protection Board of India is expected to begin accepting Consent Manager applications once the DPB is constituted, which is anticipated in 2026. Companies planning to operate as Consent Managers should begin preparing their architecture, documentation and eligibility assessment now.
A prep checklist for companies exploring Consent Manager registration: technical requirements, governance, and what the DPB will likely assess.
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