Mixed reactions to data law with some flagging costs, gaps

India’s latest data protection law has drawn mixed reactions from legal experts and policy researchers, with some arguing the framework bolsters privacy and individual rights, while others believe high compliance costs and ambiguity over state’s use of data could weaken the legislation’s original intent.

Dhruv Garg, from New Delhi-based non-profit think- tank Indian Governance and Policy Project (IGAP), described the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules as “a mixed picture on data minimisation.”

While the rules reinforce deletion…