The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“Act”) (which was earlier passed by both Houses of Parliament) has received assent of the President of India.
The Act provides for processing of digital personal data in a manner which recognises the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Please refer to e-mails in trail for a detailed read.
Please note that the Centre is expected to follow this up with separate commencement notifications through the Official Gazette and appoint different dates to give effect to different provisions of the Act.
A copy of the Notification is linked below for reference.
Source: Ministry of Law and Justice
