Senior Care & ElderTech
Liability Check
Operating in Senior Care & ElderTech means handling highly sensitive health data, financial details, and personal information of vulnerable Data Principals. Breaches can lead to severe penalties and reputational damage.
Why Senior Care & ElderTech is at Risk
The Senior Care and ElderTech sectors routinely process highly sensitive information, including **medical histories**, prescription details, financial transactions, and even real-time location data of elders. This makes them prime targets under DPDP, especially concerning explicit consent, data accuracy, and the rights of the Data Principal or their legally authorized representatives. Given the vulnerability of elders, companies handling their data in India will likely face higher scrutiny and may be classified as **Significant Data Fiduciaries**, demanding stringent data protection measures and annual compliance audits.
Common Violations
- 1.Collecting an elder's medical history for care planning without obtaining clear, granular consent specifically for each data processing purpose.
- 2.Sharing real-time location data or activity logs with family members via third-party apps without explicit consent from the elder or their guardian, and without a data processing agreement in place.
- 3.Not having a defined process for data access, correction, or deletion requests from the elder or their legally authorized representative, especially when mental capacity is a concern.
The Immediate Fix
Immediately map all data flows involving health, financial, and personal identity data of elders. Implement robust consent management platforms that support explicit, granular consent from Data Principals or their legal guardians. Review and update your privacy policy to clearly outline data sharing practices with family, caregivers, and third-party service providers.
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Need help checking your business?
- Start with the free self-check to find questions for your team.
- Our paid gap assessment takes four weeks. We check your apps, documents and records, then list what needs fixing.
- Fixing the agreed gaps takes two to three months. A final assessment checks the completed work.
Save your results and discuss the questions with your team.
Next step after the audit
The audit shows the gaps. Sanctum closes them. One programme covers legal position, data map, gap analysis, implementation, tooling, training, a written readiness opinion, and breach cover, under one accountable owner. See the all-in-one programme
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