The Hindu

What are the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules and when do they apply?

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP), 2025 were notified this week, kicking off the formation of the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI), and the legal framework for safeguarding the ...
The Diplomat

How India’s Data Protection Law Weakens Citizens’ Right to Information

The cornerstone of a vibrant liberal democracy is empowered citizens with the right to know and hold their state accountable. To achieve that, a polity must move beyond the procedural aspects of ...
Mint

India’s data privacy law comes into force, two years after it was passed

New Delhi: India’s long-awaited data-privacy regime formally kicked in on Friday. More than two years after the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) was passed by Parliament, the ...
The Hindu

Too little, much later: on the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

Over eight years have passed since the Supreme Court of India held privacy to be a fundamental right. In the interceding years, three separate drafts for a data protection law have been floated, with ...
moneycontrol.com

DPDP Rules: MeitY establishes Data Protection Board, head office to be in NCR, will comprise 4 members

India on November 14 released the rules for the DPDP Act With the release of the rules for Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), ...