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The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, ratified in August this year, mandates that any company or individual collecting, managing or working with data from other users must obtain explicit consent from them bytelling them about the purpose for which the said data has been obtained.

The government is likely to release the administrative rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules within the next fortnight and may notify the final version of the bill by the end of January 2024, sources said.

The Union minister made the remarks while attending the launch of the sixth edition of Infinity 2023 at Amity University in Sector 125

The article gives a bird's eye view of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the various sectors it has the potential to impact.

On August 12, 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act received the assent of the President of India, clearing the way for the act to come into force when notified by the central government. ...

DPDP is intended to regulate all forms of personal data collected, processed and stored in the digital format and is also designed to apply to entities outside India

Bill could either act as a supplement or be adapted to larger Digital India Bill, say sources

Chatbots may face lawsuits if they scrape Internet to use such data, say experts

The Centre today said that it will examine the charge against WhatsApp of allegedly accessing the microphone of users' devices without their knowledge.

The minister said the government will examine the alleged breach of privacy even as the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was being readied.