The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, ratified in August this year, mandates that any company or individual collecting, managing or working with data from other users must obtain explicit consent from them bytelling them about the purpose for which the said data has been obtained.
The government is likely to release the administrative rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules within the next fortnight and may notify the final version of the bill by the end of January 2024, sources said.
Data Privacy: In the absence of any clear guidelines, it is not illegal yet, but legal experts say one must question the intent behind demanding government ID.
Indian office building operators, including DLF, Embassy, Brookfield, and Mindspace, are facing criticism for insisting on taking government identification cards of visitors for verification, making the process lengthy and raising concerns over personal data safety. While there are no clear guidelines, legal experts question the intent behind demanding government IDs.
Social media and internet giants Google and Meta are headed for a clash in India over the critical issue of age verification and consent management for young internet users below 18.