The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules, which currently offer an 18-month transition period for companies, may see this timeline “compressed” for large companies as the government engages with industry stakeholders on the issue.
Big tech firms and many large companies already abide by stringent data protection standards in many other markets, among them the General Data Protection Regulation (European Union’s data privacy and security law) and this argument has prompted discussions about faster implementation of the new rules in India.