India: Data Protection

India's telecommunications sector forms the backbone of its digital economy, connecting over a billion subscribers and enabling everything from mobile banking to e-governance.

While hearing a suo moto case concerning ‘digital arrest fraud' on 17th November 2025, the Hon'ble Supreme Court requested the Solicitor General to provide an update on India's position on the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 on November 13, 2025, thereby operationalising the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") has notified rules to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDPA").

After months of anticipation, the Government has now notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 ("DPDP Rules"), marking a significant step toward full operationalisation...

In April, 2024, an Indian consumer wearable manufacturing company suffered a data breach when personal data of approximately 7.5 million users was posted on Dark Web.

The digital lending sector in India has witnessed an explosive growth in the past few years.

On April 12, 2025, the National Payments Corporation of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘NPCI') posted on its social media handle on ‘X' acknowledging that the Unified Payments Interface (hereinafter referred to as ‘UPI') suffered an outage and disruption in services due to ‘intermittent technical issues'

In 2025-26 budget speech, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted the government's commitment to simplifying the Know Your Customer (KYC) process through the rolling out of revamped Central KYC Registry