India
Coverage plannedAlso: DPDP, DPDPA, Bharat, Data Protection Board
VERIFIED 2026-09-17 · REVIEW BY 2027-03-16
Phased commencement under the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (notified 13 November 2025): the consent manager rule applies from 13 November 2026 and the rules on notice, consent, security, breaches and the exercise of rights from 13 May 2027.
Instruments
No instrument recorded for India yet.
Regulator
No regulator with a sourced address is recorded for India yet.
Exercisable rights
Access, correction, erasure and grievance redressal, exercisable once the substantive provisions commence
Through each lens
End user / data subject
What can I actually do about this today, and what does it cost me.
No end user / data subject analysis for India yet.
Business
What does this obligate us to build, and by when.
No business analysis for India yet.
Government
Government is one lens carrying two sub-lenses, each with judicial reviewability analysis.
No government analysis for India yet.
Policymaker
What did the drafters intend, and what did the text achieve.
No policymaker analysis for India yet.
Regulator / enforcer
What can this authority make stick on appeal.
No regulator / enforcer analysis for India yet.
Certifying body
What is the scope of what we are attesting to.
No certifying body analysis for India yet.
Front-line staff
What do I do when this lands on my desk.
No front-line staff analysis for India yet.
Human rights / privacy advocate
Who does this regime fail, and can that be shown.
No human rights / privacy advocate analysis for India yet.
Legal effects
No legal effect of any certification is recorded for India yet.
Sources
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, ss. 11, 12 and 13 · retrieved 2026-09-17 · https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2024/06/2bf1f0e9f04e6fb4f8fef35e82c42aa5.pdf
- Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1(2)-(4) · retrieved 2026-09-17 · https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/11/53450e6e5dc0bfa85ebd78686cadad39.pdf