DPDP Rules: Deadline To Submit Feedback Extended To March 3

Key Highlights Of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, Passed By The Lok Sabha

SUMMARY

The Centre is looking to push the deadline from February 18 to March 3, 2025 and an official notification is expected soon

The government released the draft DPDP Rules 2025 on January 3, laying out the tentative terms of implementing the DPDP Act

The DPDP Act classifies users under 18 as children and mandates platforms and internet intermediaries to obtain parental consent before processing their data

The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is reportedly looking to extend the deadline for submitting feedback on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 by 15 days.

A government official told ET that the deadline will be pushed from February 18 to March 3, 2025.

According to ET, an official notification confirming the extension is expected soon.

The government released the draft DPDP Rules, 2025 on January 3, laying out the tentative terms of implementing the DPDP Act, which was passed in the Parliament in 2023.

The rules, when finalised and notified, will provide the teeth to the DPDP Act notified in the gazette on August 12, 2023.

The DPDP Act classifies users under 18 as children and mandates social media platforms and internet intermediaries, known as data fiduciaries, to obtain explicit parental consent before processing their data.

The draft rules mandate that digital platforms process a child’s data only with verifiable parental or guardian consent, which can be confirmed using voluntarily provided identity details or a virtual token issued by an authorized entity.

MeitY has proposed that all data fiduciaries implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure compliance before processing any personal data of a child.

Meanwhile, last month founders of several new-age tech companies such as MobiKwik, OYO, ixigo and Razorpay among others, reportedly met with government officials and voiced concerns about the proposed rules.

The discussions centred around provisions of cross-data transfer, the role of consent managers, and overlap with other sectoral regulations, Moneycontrol reported.

Many experts also believe that the Centre has chosen a faulty approach by deciding to target data fiduciaries for data privacy.

Meanwhile, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said earlier that the DPDP rules will be refined further in order to protect children from the dangers posed by the digital space.