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The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 [1] (“ Act ”) has, at long last, been past before both houses of Parliament and been published in the official Gazette upon receiving Presidential assent. The Act is intended to provide legislative expression to the contours of the right to privacy as outlined by the Supreme Court of India in the Puttaswamy Judgements [2] and since then, by ...
The draft rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 mandate parental consent for children under 18 to access social media in India. The rules require deletion of inactive user data after three years and reporting data breaches within 72 hours. Significant data fiduciaries must conduct annual data protection assessments and audits.
Source: IE Why in News? Recently, while the industry has largely welcomed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023 for its straightforward compliance structure, the provision requiring verifiable parental consent before processing children’s data has sparked division between industry and government. What are the Salient Features of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA ...
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has drafted the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 to facilitate the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act).
Data privacy notice and consent: Notice should include an itemised list of collected personal data, the purpose for processing it, and itemised description of goods and services provided. It should also include a link to access the website or app to withdraw consent and make a complaint to the Data Protection Board.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill,2023 hereinafter referred to as “ DPDP Bill, 2023” has taken a one size fits all approach to age of consent and pegged it at 18. Section 2 (f) of the bill defines “child” as an individual who has not completed the age of eighteen years, same as the previous versions of the Bill. Section 9 (1) of the recently introduced Bill stipulates that ...
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDPA") prescribes a comprehensive framework for the protection of the data of children and for the disabled, rightly so since they lack the capacity to 'consent'. The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 ("Draft Rules") provide further clarity on the same under Rule 10 and Schedule IV, an analysis of which is provided as below ...
Features of Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules: Principles-Based Framework: Focus on simplicity and clarity for notice and consent mechanisms, reducing “consent fatigue.” User Rights: Provides users the right to access, correct, update, and erase their data. Children’s Data Protection: Requires verifiable parental consent for accessing the personal data of children under ...
wordpress.com DownloadIn August, 2023, the Parliament of India enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (‘DPDPA’ or ‘Act’). Section 9 of the Act deals with the processing of personal data of children.
The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age and identity of the individual identifying as a parent when obtaining verifiable parental consent for processing the data of an under-18 user. The DPDP Act, notified in August 2023, says that platforms cannot process the data of anyone under 18—who the act classifies as a ...
The age of majority was set at eighteen years old in the draught Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which was made available for public input on November 18, 2022. The bill placed strong prohibitions on a number of broadly defined acts. Over 20,000 consultation comments and many in-person discussions later, it has become clear that this stance need considerable nuancing. In today's ...