DPDP Act, 2023 Upholds Privacy While Preserving Transparency Under RTI

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) provides for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the rights of the individual to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes. The DPDP Act was enacted following an extensive and comprehensive public consultation process, during which over 22,600 comments were received on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (DPDP Bill). After careful consideration of these inputs, the DPDP Bill was introduced in Parliament and subsequently enacted as the DPDP Act, 2023.