AI Platforms and India’s DPDP Act: Data Protection and Regulation

AI continues to transform industries at an unprecedented pace. From sectors such as healthcare, media, manufacturing, retail, finance to areas as niche as ocean monitoring and drug discovery, the roots of AI run deep.

With platform economy and big data walking side by side, the integration of AI across platforms calls for regulatory analysis.

The ongoing transition of India’s data protection regime from the Information Technology Act, 2000 to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) addresses many challenges around data protection practices of platforms. However, it regulates AI only to the extent of data processing and consequently leaves significant scope for regulatory intervention.

Legislative landscape on appropriate data protection/ privacy practices for platforms under the DPDP Act

The DPDP Act governs the data protection practices of platforms through specific notice and consent requirements, data minimization, purpose limitation, user- rights, regulated cross- border data transfer and...

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