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India enacts the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

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Source: India Code: The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023Also reported by Bar & Bench, IAPP

President Droupadi Murmu gave assent on 11 August 2023 to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Act No. 22 of 2023. The Act sets rules for processing digital personal data and creates a Data Protection Board of India to adjudicate breaches. The Board’s provisions took effect on 13 November 2025 and most remaining duties apply from 13 May 2027.

Why it matters

Companies building or running AI on Indian users’ personal data came under a national data protection law with its own adjudicating board, though most duties apply only from May 2027.

When
11 Aug 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0008
Where
India
Who
MeitY, Data Protection Board of India; Droupadi Murmu
Topics
Privacy
Rules involved

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from India Code and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at India Code

Source copy: download the page as saved on 21 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Put into practice byIndia notifies the DPDP Rules, with full duties from May 2027

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WTA-N-2023-0008: “India enacts the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.” wheresthe.ai, 11 Aug 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/in-dpdp-act-2023-08/ (source: India Code: The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023).

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