On 11th August 2025, it will be two years since the DPDPA 2023 was gazetted with the proviso that different provisions of the Act would come into effect on different dates to be notified. In January 2025,Government released a set of “Draft Rules” for public comments which reportedly received 6915 feedbacks.
The industry is raising one objection after another trying to postpone the notification of the Act.
The Privacy Activists had their objection to the proposed amendment to RTI Act which the Government has now safely deposited with a request for opinion from the Attorney General for retrieval at its discretion.
In the meantime the Digital Payment Companies such as NPCI have sought exemption from the “Consent” provision for repeat transactions. This is a critical aspect of consent in financial transactions and prone to misuse. DPDPA requires one consent for one purpose even if multiple payments are required. It can therefore be applied for repeated consents for the same purpose. Even if we take a strict view that each payment is a “Different Purpose”, the requirement for user confirmation is part of the current transaction permission through OTP and hence there is no need for exemption.
Thus it appears that the delay in the implementation of the law is a deliberate attempt by “Data Thieves” to delay the implementation and nothing else.
On 11th August 2025, at 7.00 pm, we shall have an online LinkedIn presentation where two aspects will be discussed.
- A Case study of an AI platform is stealing data worth Rs 36 crores each month and sending the money to a Tax Haven
- The Preliminary version of DGPSI-AI, which is a DPDPA Compliance framework for Data Fiduciaries using an AI process.
Link for registering for the event is available here.
P.S: The case study referred to above refers to a forensic extraction of some information by a whistle blower which indicates a large scale continuing data theft and also an indication of a preparation of these Data Thieves to bribe the DPDPA enforcement machinery even before it is set up and a more alarming scheme of “Silencing the Whistle Blower” through planting of narcotics in his car or causing a suicide etc., which needs investigation by ED and CBI. The Whistle blower is ready to share his information with the investigating authorities if interested.
Naavi
