Government finalized DPDP draft, ready for public review in two weeks
By MYBRANDBOOK
The government has completed the draft of the proposed rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 and hopes to release them for public consultation in the second or third week of August, as per news source. The rules are expected to be notified after the current session of the Parliament concludes.
“We will have extensive consultations for the rules. Our approach has been very measured and we have kept the text (of the rules) very simple. The idea is not to disrupt anything,” a senior government official said to the news source.
The official added, the final DPDP Act rules “will stay within the walls of the law as passed by the Parliament”. He also said that the government wants to make sure that the Act delivers a strong mechanism for citizens to safeguard their privacy without becoming a place for "frivolous" complaints.
"Good set of responsibilities will be imposed on how a person makes a complaint," the official said.
Another government official said, "Only the issue of age and parental consent verification remains. We had a meeting with experts and industry stakeholders about a fortnight ago. Some of them have sent their solutions to us. We are looking at all the options right now.”
The IT ministry on July 19 held a consultation with several social media intermediaries and internet companies’ representatives to discuss various possible solutions to ensure age-gating and the subsequent method for verification of the age of children.
According to the DPDP Act 2023, users who are below 18 years of age will be considered as children. Such users, the Act states, must obtain verifiable parental consent for using social media and a host of other services provided by internet intermediaries.
Sources said that the IT ministry had in the meeting held on July 19 also told the companies that the earlier proposed solutions such as using Aadhaar, Digi-Locker, or a one-time electronic token to verify the age of children and establish their relationship with the consent-providing guardian have been ruled as "unfeasible".
Proposals such as the use of Digi-Locker or a one-time electronic token do not work well with the fast-paced technological changes, especially when it comes to age verification on social media and personal communication platforms, an IT ministry official had then told the news source.
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