Overview
Union Bank of India, a leading public‑sector bank with a network of more than 8,675 domestic branches, 8,650 ATMs, 73,600 employees and a total business of Rs 23.85 Lakh Crore, has engaged Leegality to implement the Consentin platform as part of its compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act). The DPDP Act mandates that all entities handling personal data in India obtain clear, informed consent and establish comprehensive data‑governance mechanisms, with a statutory compliance deadline of 13 May 2027.
Implementation Progress
The engagement has already resulted in the deployment of a cookie‑consent mechanism on Union Bank’s corporate website, ensuring that cookies are set only after visitors provide explicit consent, as required by the DPDP Act. In parallel, the bank is rolling out consent‑management and data‑discovery capabilities across its applications to support broader privacy and compliance initiatives. Consentin consolidates consent management, privacy notices, data‑retention and withdrawal, cookie compliance, privacy assessments, third‑party risk management and regulatory breach reporting into a single dashboard that offers compliance teams visibility into consent status and data flows. The platform can be deployed either on‑premises or as a SaaS solution, depending on the bank’s infrastructure preferences.
Provider Profile
Leegality, the developer of Consentin, operates a document‑infrastructure platform used by more than 5,000 Indian companies for paperless workflows involving agreements, forms and other legal documents. Annually, Leegality processes over 50 million electronic signatures and 3 million electronic stamps. Shivam Singla, CEO of Leegality, stated that the partnership with Union Bank of India will help set the pace for privacy‑compliance adoption across the wider banking sector.
Significance
Given the approaching DPDP compliance deadline, early implementation by a major public‑sector bank signals heightened urgency for the banking industry to establish robust consent and data‑governance systems. The rollout serves as a visible marker of the bank’s broader compliance efforts and may influence peer institutions to adopt similar platforms.