Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Act of the Parliament of India
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (also known as DPDP Act or DPDPA-2023) is an act of the Parliament of India to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes. This is the first Act of the Parliament of India where "she/her" pronouns were used unlike the usual "he/him" pronouns.
Timeline
18 November 2022: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 for public consultation.
5 July 2023: The cabinet approved the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 which was the revised version of the 2022 bill.
3 August 2023: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.
7 August 2023: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was passed by Lok Sabha.
9 August 2023: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced and passed by Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.
11 August 2023: President of India gave assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 which made it the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
13 November 2025: Provisions in respect of establishment of the Data Protection Board of India bought into force.
Background
On 24 August 2017, the Supreme Court of India gave the Right to Privacy verdict.
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