NeGD is currently inviting applications for the position of Data Privacy, Security & Compliance Officer on a contractual basis for a period of two years.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalise the privacy-by-design and security-by-design artefacts mandated for all Data Exchange Platforms
• Design and maintain the audit framework for data sharing including auditable data trails, access logs, and accountability chains for cross-agency data exchange
• Assess re-identification risks in anonymised datasets proposed for sharing with private entities; recommend technical and contractual mitigations
• Ensure all Data Exchange Platforms and Data Sharing Policies incorporate purpose limitation, data minimisation, and retention controls aligned with DPDP Act 2023
• Support NDGC in monitoring compliance and recommending corrective measures; escalate systemic breaches
• Monitor compliance with prohibitions on profiling, discriminatory use, and resale of citizen data as mandated by DPDP fairness principles
• Coordinate with CERT-In on cybersecurity requirements for national data exchange infrastructure
• Develop the negative list review mechanism, establishing standard criteria and periodic review processes for non-shareable data classifications
• Prepare privacy impact assessments (PIAs) for new data sharing arrangements, particularly with private entities through data exchanges
• Advise on data valuation guidelines for sharing with private entities, ensuring that pricing models do not inadvertently commoditise personal data contrary to citizens’ rights

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About National e-Governance Division (NeGD)

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) is an independent business division under the Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. NeGD has been playing a pivotal role in supporting MeitY in Programme Management and implementation of e-Governance projects and initiatives undertaken by various Ministries/ Departments, both at the Central and State levels.

NeGD has been spearheading several innovative initiatives under the aegis of the Digital India Programme. Those have been developed keeping the vision areas of Digital India at the core- providing digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, governance and services on demand and in particular, digital empowerment of the citizens of our country; some of these initiatives include DigiLocker, UMANG, Poshan Tracker, OpenForge Platform, API Setu, National Academic Depository, Academic Bank of Credits, Learning Management System.