Tech Giants and Startups Unite Against India's Rushed Data Protection Rollout
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India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework is facing opposition from tech giants and startups, who are pushing back against the government's plan to fast-track its rollout. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) recently held a closed-door consultation with companies including Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, and PhonePe, where they discussed proposed changes to the DPDP rules. According to sources, the government plans to reduce the compliance period for several provisions from 18 months to as little as three months or even immediate implementation. This has raised concerns among industry experts, who believe that the existing timeline is already challenging. "Even 18 months is tough. To reduce that to a minimal period will create further challenges," said an executive at a large technology company. "Right now, there is no Data Protection Board in place, so that itself is a problem. And mandatory one-year data retention means an insane amount of data. A large company can manage it, but how does a small company do it?"
