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MeitY reiterates its stance on web scrapping of personal data

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a report on 'AI Governance Guidelines Development' for public consultation on January 6, 2025.

The query focused on ensuring that social media companies provide full transparency, obtain informed user consent before scraping data, and implement accountability mechanisms to prevent the unethical use of scraped user data.

How India is catching up on user data protection with DPDPA

The public feedback period on draft DPDPA rules was accepted till March 5, 2025. While businesses continue to strengthen their internal structure to comply with the rules, many industry bodies have pointed out the difficulties in achieving so- especially by the small-scale startup and businesses.

India may not have a dedicated cookie law, but the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) sets clear principles for obtaining granular consent from users

Guardian Verification for Children’s Data Under DPDP May Involve Apaar IDs

The Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) ID is a student identification system that is part of the “One Nation, One Student ID” programme.