Graded timeline likely for DPDP Law implementation, says govt official
Digital Personal Data Protection Law, a senior government official said.
Under the graded plan, while bigger companies such as Meta, Google and others may be given a shorter time for the implementation of the rules, the time for other entities including startups, micro, small, and medium enterprises(MSMEs), central government departments and state governments may be more, the official said.
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In the conversations so far, startups and MSMEs have sought more time as they are not equipped right now to handle the changes needed to be implemented under the DPDP Law, the official said, adding that the graded timelines will be the first thing to be notified under the new law as it will set the tone for the notification of other rules.
“Once we are clear that we have a time of say 6 months for the implementation of DPDP Law for big tech companies, we can start working on other aspects such as the setting up of the Data Protection Board, the members for it, or what other rules should be,” the official said.
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