Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Bare Act · 2023
An Act to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 22 of 2023
- Enacted
- 11 August 2023
- Contents
- 44 sections · 9 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Obligations Of Data Fiduciary
- Section 4 – Grounds for processing personal data
- Section 5 – Notice
- Section 6 – Consent (preview)
- Section 7 – Certain legitimate uses (preview)
- Section 8 – General obligations of Data Fiduciary (preview)
- Section 9 – Processing of personal data of children (preview)
- Section 10 – Additional obligations of Significant Data Fiduciary (preview)
Chapter III — Rights And Duties Of Data Principal
- Section 11 – Right to access information about personal data (preview)
- Section 12 – Right to correction and erasure of personal data (preview)
- Section 13 – Right of grievance redressal (preview)
- Section 14 – Right to nominate (preview)
- Section 15 – Duties of Data Principal (preview)
Chapter IV — Special Provisions
- Section 16 – Processing of personal data outside India (preview)
- Section 17 – Exemptions (preview)
Chapter V — D P B I
- Section 18 – Establishment of Board (preview)
- Section 19 – Composition and qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and members (preview)
- Section 20 – Salary, allowances payable to and term of office (preview)
- Section 21 – Disqualifications for appointment and continuation as Chairperson and Members of Board (preview)
- Section 22 – Resignation by Members and filling of vacancy (preview)
- Section 23 – Proceedings of Board (preview)
- Section 24 – Officers and employees of Board (preview)
- Section 25 – Members and officers to be public servants (preview)
- Section 26 – Powers of Chairperson (preview)
Chapter VI — Powers, Functions And Procedure To Be Followed By Board
- Section 27 – Powers and functions of Board (preview)
- Section 28 – Procedure to be followed by Board (preview)
Chapter VII — Appeal And Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Section 29 – Appeal to Appellate Tribunal (preview)
- Section 30 – Orders passed by Appellate Tribunal to be executable as decree (preview)
- Section 31 – Alternate dispute resolution (preview)
- Section 32 – Voluntary undertaking (preview)
Chapter VIII — Penalties And Adjudication
- Section 33 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 34 – Crediting sums realised by way of penalties to Consolidated Fund of India (preview)
Chapter IX — Miscellaneous
- Section 35 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 36 – Power to call for information (preview)
- Section 37 – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
- Section 38 – Consistency with other laws (preview)
- Section 39 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 40 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 41 – Laying of rules and certain notification (preview)
- Section 42 – Power to amend Schedule (preview)
- Section 43 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 44 – Amendments to certain Acts (preview)