Data Privacy AI And Technology Newsletter | July 2025

Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Data Privacy, AI and Technology Newsletter. This issue captures the key developments from June 2025 across India's evolving regulatory and innovation landscape in technology, telecommunications, fintech, and data protection. Notable highlights include the launch of Bharat Gen, India's first government-funded AI-based multimodal large language model, new guidelines from MeitY on consent management under the DPDP Act and significant advisories from Cert-In and the Central Consumer Protection Authority aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and curbing dark patterns. We also cover major telecom reforms extending cybersecurity obligations to OTT and fintech platforms, along with recent judicial pronouncements on phone tapping and online gaming regulations by the Madras High Court.