Entities may be given a year to comply with data protection norms except age-gating: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Hindu
Entities may be given about a year to tune their systems to comply with norms of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
Entities may be given about a year to tune their systems to comply with norms of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on September 20.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of consultation with the industry, Mr. Chandrasekhar said the Data Protection Board and guidelines for the eight rules, including consent management, will be put in place within a month.
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"Industry wants some more time for age-gating, different timelines for transition for different data fiduciaries. We expect transition for most of the rules except age-gating will happen in 12 months from now," the Minister said.
The consultation was attended by about 125 people representing various companies, including Meta, Lenovo, Dell, Netflix, among others.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.
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