In early August this year India's decade-long journey
towards a data privacy and protection regime came to a much-awaited
conclusion. The Lok Sabha (House of People) passed the Digital
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 on August 7, 2023, and
thereafter on August 9, 2023 it was passed by the upper house of
Parliament the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). It received
presidential assent and was notified on August, 11 2023. The
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP ACT,
2023) will be implemented in a phased manner through
separate notifications in the Official Gazette of the Government of
India.
Prior to the DPDP Act, 2023 there were at least (3) three
iterations floated for consideration. Compared to its predecessors,
the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 ("DPDP
Bill, 2022") was considered a vast improvement. In
light of changing times, we take a look at some key principles of
the DPDP Act, 2023 as compared to its immediate predecessor,
