India, Nov. 14 -- On Friday, 14 November 2025, the Union government announced the implementation of substantial parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), 2023. This marks an important step towards meeting the Supreme Court's 2017 ruling in K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union of India, which affirmed the right to privacy and called for a dedicated data protection law. The government also released the DPDP Rules, 2025, following a draft circulated in January for public discussion.

The official notification stated: "The Central Government hereby makes the following rules in exercise of the powers granted by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 40 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (22 of 2023). These rules may be called t...