The draft rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act were released in January 2025, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) has given time till 18 February 2025 for the public to submit comments on the same. The DPDP Act will have significant implications for a range of digital and other rights. Civil society organisations including the Article 21 Trust and Rethink Aadhaar convened a public reading of the rules and drafted a letter specifically on concerns related to the non-consultative, opaque manner in which the Rules have been drafted. This letter was signed by 13 civil society organisations and 142 concerned citizens, and submitted to the MEITy and to Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Electronics and IT.

Find a full copy of the letter here.