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  • DPDP Rules 2025
  • Rules (1 – 3)
    • Rule 1: Short title and commencement. -
    • Rule 2: Definitions.
    • Rule 3: Notice given by Data Fiduciary to Data Principal.
  • Rules ( 4 – 5)
    • Rule 4: Registration and obligations of Consent Manager.
    • Rule 5: 5. Processing of personal data for provision or issue of subsidy, benefit, service, certificate, licence or permit by State and its instrumentalities.
  • Rules (6 – 8)
    • Rule 6: Reasonable security safeguards.
    • Rule 7: Intimation of personal data breach.
    • Rule 8: Time period for specified purpose to be deemed as no longer being served.
  • Rules (9 – 12)
    • Rule 9: Contact information of person to answer questions about processing.
    • Rule 10: Verifiable consent for processing of personal data of child.
    • Rule 11: Verifiable consent for processing of personal data of person with disability who has lawful guardian.
    • Rule 12: Exemptions from certain obligations applicable to processing of personal data of child.
  • Rules ( 13 – 15)
    • Rule 13: Additional obligations of Significant Data Fiduciary.
    • Rule 14: Rights of Data Principals.
    • Rule 15: Transfer of personal data outside the territory of India
  • Rule ( 16 – 18)
    • Rule 16: Exemption from Act for research, archiving or statistical purposes.
    • Rule 17: Appointment of Chairperson and other Members.
    • Rule 18: Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members.
  • Rules ( 19 – 20)
    • Section 19: Procedure for meetings of Board and authentication of its orders, directions and instruments.
    • Section 20: Functioning of Board as digital office.
  • Rules ( 21 – 23)
    • Section 21: Terms and conditions of appointment and service of officers and employees of Board.
    • Section 22: Appeal to Appellate Tribunal.
    • Section 23: Calling for information from Data Fiduciary or intermediary..
  • SCHEDULE I
    • Part A-Conditions of registration of Consent Manager | Part B-Obligations of Consent Manager
  • SCHEDULE II
    • Standards for processing of personal data by State and its instrumentalities under clause (b) of section 7 and for processing of personal data necessary for the purposes specified in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 17
  • SCHEDULE III
    • Table for Class of Data Fiduciaries| Purposes | Time period.
  • SCHEDULE IV
    • Part A -Classes of Data Fiduciaries in respect of whom provisions of sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 9 shall not apply | Part B - Purposes for which provisions of sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 9 shall not apply
  • SCHEDULE V
    • Terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members
  • SCHEDULE VI
    • Terms and conditions of appointment and service of officers and employees of Board
  • SCHEDULE VII
    • Table for Purpose | Authorised person
  • Explanatory Note of MEITY
    • Explanatory note to Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
  • Enforcement Timeline of DPDPA
    • The Enforcement Timeline of various sections of DPDPA 2023 and DPDP Rules 2025



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Rule 2 of DPDP Rules 2025

Definitions


(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, –
(a) “Act” means the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (22 of 2023);
(b) “techno-legal measures” means as referred to under rules 20 and 22;
(c) “user account” means the online account registered by the Data Principal with the Data Fiduciary, and includes any profiles, pages, handles, email address, mobile number and other similar presences by means of which such Data Principal is able to access the services of such Data Fiduciary; and
(d) “verifiable consent” means a consent as specified in rule 10 or 11.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules and not defined, but defined in the Act, shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.

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