This Legislative Comment has been written by Keerthana N R. She is pursuing LLM in Intellectual Property Rights. She has a keen interest in legal drafting and in-depth research, aiming to bridge theory and practice within the evolving field of IP law with an aspiration to contribute impactful insights and precise analysis through both her academic and professional endeavors.
ABSTRACT
The Digital Data Protection Act 2023 is a vital piece of legislation reacting to the changing dynamics of data privacy and protection in India, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s momentous ruling in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union of India that declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right. Previous legislations, such as the Information Technology Act 2000, did not well cover the intricacies of contemporary data use and privacy issues. The new Act has given a holistic, cross-sectoral legal environment for protecting personal data in the face of rapid technological advances. It reflects India’s resolve to create effective privacy governance structures that are necessary not merely for individual rights protection but also for the promotion of transparent, sustainable organizational behavior. By addressing business risks and reputational concerns of data breaches, the Act places India at the vanguard of international data protection efforts, attesting to the emerging status of privacy in the digital era.
