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India publishes Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025

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Publication of the latest Rules follow introduction of India’s DPDP Act in 2023. Photo: Pallava Bagla/Getty Images

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The Indian government has published a set of much-anticipated rules on the protection and use of digital personal information of its citizens, known as the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025. The publication follows the promulgation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in 2023.

According to a press release by