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DPDP Act vs GDPR: What Has Changed Under the DPDP Act and Rules, 2025

Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") borrows some of the European Union ("EU")'s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR")'s vocabulary a Data Fiduciary echoes a "controller," a Data Principal echoes a "data subject" and the legal architecture behind those words is roughly the same.

DPDP Act vs GDPR: What Has Changed Under the DPDP Act and Rules, 2025

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Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") borrows some of the European Union ("EU")'s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR")'s vocabulary a Data Fiduciary echoes a "controller," a Data Principal echoes a "data subject" and the legal architecture behind those words is roughly the same.

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  • Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") borrows some of the European Union ("EU")'s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR")'s vocabulary a Data Fiduciary echoes a...

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