The objective of FDPPI is to create an organization that represents the community of Data Protection Professionals in India and to contribute to the welfare of the State besides enriching the community with better knowledge and skills.
The Main objectives listed in the memorandum are
- To build an empowered community of Knowledgeable, Efficient and Ethical Data Protection Professionals who contribute to the development of a Secure Information Society by lawful means without any profit motive.
- To enhance the intrinsic Value and Worth of the profession of Data Protection Professionals who are directly or indirectly engaged in the activity of generating, managing, preserving and protecting information without any profit motive.
- To bring harmony in the pursuance of Civil Rights of individuals such as Privacy and Freedom of Expression along with the Right to Information and Right to Cyber Security without any profit motive.
It may be noted that the central focus of FDPPI is to ensure that the community of Data Protection Professionals will empower themselves with necessary knowledge and enhance their skill set as Data Protection Professionals and for doing so would adopt ethical means to achieve the professional goals and also contribute to the National Security recognizing Data as as a national asset and ensuring the security of data for the benefit of the community.
The community of Data protection professionals would be including not only the IT professionals who work in the area of Information Security or Privacy in an organization but also the Legal practitioners, Law Enforcement Professionals, Academicians etc. We feel that all these professionals have a stake in Data Protection and should harmoniously blend their activities for the common goal of achieving acceptable standards of Privacy Protection through Protection of data in general whether the data is personal data or otherwise.
