India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
Concerns India DPDP Act
What changed?
The DPDP Rules were notified with phased commencement, starting the countdown for consent, notice, security and breach-notification obligations under the DPDP Act 2023.
What does it mean in practice?
Organisations using personal data of Indian residents in AI should plan compliance against the phased dates.
Official source
Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · 13 Nov 2025
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-11-13-india-dpdp-rules-notified (accessed 24 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, https://www.meity.gov.in/data-protection-framework.
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