India’s New Data Protection Bill: Impacts on Global Businesses and How-To’s

Tejas Joshi -

As India’s newly passed Data Protection Bill, known as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, comes into effect soon, global enterprises will be undergoing a significant shift in how they process personal data in India and transfer data to and from other countries. Given India’s status as the 5th largest economy in the world & a prominent technology hub globally, most global enterprises will be majorly impacted by this bill.

On August 17th 2023, Ardent Privacy hosted a Linkedin Live Event in collaboration with Spice Route Legal. Ardent CEO, Sameer Ahirrao, along with Aadya Misra, Senior Counsel at Spice Route Legal, discussed how global businesses can proactively navigate the intricacies of India’s Data Protection Bill, and how businesses can ensure compliance and enact data protection and privacy by design.

In the live event, they discussed mainly on the following points:
  • The phased implementation timeline of the law
  • The extraterrestrial application of the law, including cross-border data transfer & sectoral localization requirements
  • All entities and industries that will affected by the law
  • Roles of data fiduciaries and data processors, data protection officers, and consent managers
  • The importance of user consent & data rights and how business will need to manage them
  • The value of a data-centric approach in global business
  • /A regarding Hindu Undivided Family concept, Shrink Wrap contracts, Privacy Policy translations, and Fines

Disclaimer: all information shared in the live event is NOT legal advice.