Digital Personal Data Protection Act

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THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2023 ACT NO. 22 OF 2023 [11th August, 2023.] An Act to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:–– (1) This Act may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date [1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and *different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Appellate Tribunal” means the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal established under section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997); (b) “automated” means any digital process capable of operating automatically in res