The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released for public consultation the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025, which will enforce provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023. The DPDP Rules provide a legal framework for ‘data fiduciaries’ – entities that collect personal data from ‘data principals’ or users – in order to protect that data against misuse and penalise firms who violate data protection principles. Among other obligations, the ‘significant data fiduciaries’ will be accountable for verifying that any algorithmic software they use to process personal data does not pose a risk to the rights of ‘data principals’. This includes algorithms used for data hosting, storage, and sharing. Consultation closes on 18 February 2025.
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