DPDP RULES
Rule 1 – Short title and commencement.
Rule 2 – Definitions
Rule 3 -Notice given by Data Fiduciary to Data Principal
Rule 4 – Registration and obligations of Consent Manager
Rule 5 – Processing of personal data for provision or issue of subsidy …
Rule 6 – Reasonable security safeguards
Rule 7 – Intimation of personal data breach
Rule 8 – Time period for specified purpose to be deemed …
Rule 9 – Contact information of person to answer questions about processing
Rule 10 – Verifiable consent for processing of personal data of child
Rule 11 – Verifiable consent for processing of personal data …
Rule 12 – Exemptions from certain obligations …
Rule 13 – Additional obligations of Significant Data Fiduciary
Rule 14 – Rights of Data Principals
Rule 15 – Transfer of personal data outside
Rule 16 – Exemption from Act for research
Rule 17 – Appointment of Chairperson …
Rule 18 – Salary, allowances and other terms …
Rule 19 – Procedure for meetings of Board
Rule 20 – Functioning of Board as digital office
Rule 21 – Terms and conditions of appointment …
Rule 22 – Appeal to Appellate Tribunal
Rule 23 – Calling for information from …
First Schedule – Conditions for registration of …
Second Schedule – Standards for processing of …
Third Schedule
Fourth Schedule – Classes of Data Fiduciaries …
Fifth Schedule – Terms and conditions of …
Sixth Schedule – Terms and conditions of appointment …
Seventh Schedule
THIRD SCHEDULE
[See rule 8(1)]
| S. no. | Class of Data Fiduciaries (1) | Purposes (2) | Time period (3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Data Fiduciary who is an e-commerce entity having not less than two crore registered users in India. | For all purposes, except for the following: (a) Enabling the Data Principal to access her user account; and (b) Enabling the Data Principal to access any virtual token that is issued by or on behalf of the Data Fiduciary, is stored on the digital facility or platform of such Data Fiduciary, and may be used to get money, goods or services. | Three years from the date on which the Data Principal has approached the Data Fiduciary for the performance of the specified purpose or exercise of her rights, or the commencement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, whichever is later. |
| 2. | Data Fiduciary who is an online gaming intermediary having not less than fifty lakh registered users in India. | For all purposes, except for the following: (a) Enabling the Data Principal to access her user account; and (b) Enabling the Data Principal to access any virtual token that is issued by or on behalf of the Data Fiduciary, is stored on the digital facility or platform of such Data Fiduciary, and may be used to get money, goods or services. | Three years from the date on which the Data Principal has approached the Data Fiduciary for the performance of the specified purpose or exercise of her rights, or the commencement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, whichever is later. |
| 3. | Data Fiduciary who is a social media intermediary having not less than two crore registered users in India. | For all purposes, except for the following: (a) Enabling the Data Principal to access her user account; and (b) Enabling the Data Principal to access any virtual token that is issued by or on behalf of the Data Fiduciary, is stored on the digital facility or platform of such Data Fiduciary, and may be used to get money, goods or services. | Three years from the date on which the Data Principal has approached the Data Fiduciary for the performance of the specified purpose or exercise of her rights, or the commencement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, whichever is later. |
Note:In this Schedule, –
(a) “e-commerce entity” means any person who owns, operates or manages a digital facility or platform for e-commerce as defined in the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019), but does not include a seller offering her goods or services for sale on a marketplace e-commerce entity as defined in the said Act;
(b) “online gaming intermediary” means any intermediary who enables the users of its computer resource to access one or more online games;
(c) “social media intermediary” means an intermediary as defined in clause (w) of sub-rule (1) of rule 2 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021; and
(d) “user”, in relation to-
(i) an e-commerce entity, means any person who accesses or avails any computer resource of an e-commerce entity; and
(ii) an online gaming intermediary or a social media intermediary, means any person who accesses or avails of any computer resource of an intermediary for the purpose of hosting, publishing, sharing, transacting, viewing, displaying, downloading or uploading information.