Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
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 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This is the first Act of the Parliament of India where "she/her" pronouns were used unlike the usual "he/him" pronouns.
| Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
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| Citation | Act No. 22 of 2023 |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Passed by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 7 August 2023 |
| Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 9 August 2023 |
| Assented to by | President of India |
| Assented to | 11 August 2023 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
| Bill citation | Bill No. 113 of 2023 |
| Introduced by | Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Minister of Communications, Minister of Railways |
| First reading | 3 August 2023 |
| Keywords | |
| Consent, Data privacy, Data breach | |
| Status: Not yet in force | |
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