Data Fiduciary CA Firms - PrivacyOps CA
Author : CA Ranjan Singhal
1. Executive Overview
PrivacyOps CA is an AI-powered privacy compliance automation platform built for Chartered Accountant (CA) firms in India. It replaces the manual, year-round workload of DPDP Act compliance with an automated system that ingests documents, detects PII, updates statutory registers, performs risk assessments, and generates audit-ready artifacts. The system is fully aligned with DPDP Act, GDPR, and PDPL frameworks.
It reduces compliance documentation time by 90%, manages all forms of client data (Aadhaar, PAN, GSTIN, bank records, scanned IDs), and ensures CA firms can operate confidently without violating privacy regulations. Target users: small–mid-sized CA firms handling sensitive personal and financial data across multiple channels.
2. Problem & Opportunity
Key Challenges for CA Firms
- High manual burden: Reviewing every document, detecting PII, maintaining registers, and preparing DPIAs consumes hundreds of hours annually.
- Unstructured document flow: Documents arrive from Gmail, Drive, WhatsApp, or scans—often noisy, rotated, or poor quality.
- Technical difficulty: Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID formats require strong OCR + pattern validation; standard tools fail.
- Regulatory pressure: DPDP requires RoPA, consent registers, vendor registers, breach logs, DPIAs & real-time documentation.
- Cross-border clients: Many CA firms now require GDPR/PDPL alignment.
Opportunity
PrivacyOps CA automates the complete lifecycle—from intake to artifact generation—turning compliance from a heavy manual effort into a fully streamlined, AI-driven workflow.
3. What PrivacyOps CA Does (Core Modules)
A. Intake Layer
- Auto-monitors Gmail & Drive for incoming attachments.
- Normalizes PDFs, images, and scans from all channels.
B. AI Extraction Layer
- Hybrid OCR using Tesseract + docTR + Vision LLM.
- Handles rotated/noisy/poor scans.
- Extracts structured fields from Indian IDs & financial documents.
C. PII Intelligence Layer
- Detects 17+ Indian PII types with checksum validation.
- Redaction & sensitivity classification.
- Covers Aadhaar, PAN, Passport, Voter ID, GSTIN, IFSC, phone numbers, emails, bank details, etc.
D. Compliance Registers Engine
Automatically maintains:
- RoPA (Records of Processing Activities)
- Vendor Register
- Consent Register
- Processing Activities Register
E. DPIA Engine
- Automated risk scoring (0–100)
- Vulnerability detection
- Mitigation recommendations
- Word-format DPIA report generation
F. Data Breach Register
- Logs all incidents
- Maps affected subjects via RoPA
- Generates regulatory notification drafts
Tracks remediation workflow
G. Artifact Generator
- Creates audit-ready Word, Excel, PDF files
- Generates complete compliance packs as ZIP exports
H. Governance Layer
- DPO Dashboard showing real-time compliance health
- Audit logs with tamper-evident tracking
- Centralized settings for frameworks & integrations
I. Role-Based Access
- Data Fiduciary (Partner)
- Data Processor (Staff)
- Data Protection Officer (Compliance)
4. Technology Stack Overview
Backend
FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MinIO/AWS S3, Redis, Celery
AI/ML
Tesseract, docTR, spaCy (custom Indian NER), GPT-4 Vision / LLaVA, OpenCV, PIL
Frontend
React + TypeScript, Material-UI, Redux Toolkit, Recharts
Integrations
Gmail API, Drive API, OAuth 2.0, python-docx, OpenPyXL, ReportLab
Infrastructure
Docker, Kubernetes,NGINX, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK Stack
5. Benefits & Impact
Business Benefits
- 90% reduction in compliance documentation time
- Faster onboarding and processing of client data
- Reduced risk of DPDP/GDPR non-compliance
- Professional audit artifacts instantly available
- Full visibility into compliance posture through dashboard
Technical Benefits
- High-accuracy PII detection across Indian document types
- Resilient OCR for noisy, rotated, poor-quality images
- Automated cross-register synchronization
- Enterprise-grade logging & access control