Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 are meant to protect the private data shared by users on various digital platforms. With the widespread use of digital platforms for all day-to-day activities such as shopping, education, entertainment, payments etc, users are sharing a lot of personal data on these platforms, some of which can be quite sensitive. Instances of this data being shared widely, often for money, is also rampant.

The rules aim to grant people the right over their private data, to put in place a legal framework in a phased manner to make companies that handle personal data take consent from users, be responsible with the data and to act promptly to inform the users if their data is leaked or stolen.

Though the Act was passed in the Parliament in August 2023, w

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