NEW DELHI, Nov 16: India’s DPDP rules have set a framework for a more accountable digital economy through clear consent standards, data safeguards, with the goal to arm individuals with greater control over their personal data in the world’s fourth largest economy. Here is what it means for businesses and individuals: First things first. These subordinate rules to the principal legislation — Digital Personal Data Protection Act — spell out operational norms for entities in collection and handling of personal data, and protects the rights of individuals. In simple terms, ‘data fiduciaries’ refer to entities that decide the purpose and means of processing of individual’s data while ‘data principals’ are individuals or users (of a particular service) to whom personal data belongs.

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